The Estonian navy detained and boarded a Russia-bound oil tanker on an EU sanctions list on Friday, accusing it of sailing illegally without a valid country flag.The vessel, the Kiwala, has been under EU sanctions since February as part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet",

The Estonian Navy detained the tanker Kivala in its territorial waters in the Baltic Sea. The tanker was sailing without a flag, likely as part of the Russian "shadow fleet." On Friday morning, the Estonian Navy conducted an operation to detain the tanker Kivala in the Baltic Sea.

Estonia’s navy stopped and boarded a sanctioned, Russia-bound vessel in the Baltic Sea on Friday over its insurance status and suspicions that the vessel belonged to Moscow’s shadow fleet, which facilitates the illicit trade in Russian oil.