President Vladimir Putin on Thursday condemned France’s detention of a Russia-linked ship as “piracy" and vowed to take a “significant" response to European threats.

The French police have arrested the captain, a Chinese national, and first officer of a sanctioned tanker, the Boracay, suspecting to be operated for Russia’s “shadow fleet," after the navy boarded the vessel, authorities said on Thursday.

In a post on X, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said: “Thanks to our Navy commandos and to the crews of the French Navy who intervened this weekend on board a Russian shadow fleet tanker, currently anchored off Saint-Nazaire. Their action contributed to the arrest of two members of its crew."

Reuters quoted President Emmanuel Macron as saying that France’s detention of a tanker suspected

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