"The towing convoy is moving eastwards to a position northeast of Cape Arkona (Rügen)," Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) said, referring to the German island in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea.

Germany's foreign minister said the ship is one of Moscow's "dilapidated oil tankers" used to circumvent sanctions.A tanker heavily loaded with oil remained adrift in heavy seas off the northern coast of Germany,

An oil tanker believed to be part of Russia’s efforts to evade international sanctions went adrift and had to be towed ashore by a German tugboat.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a heavily loaded oil tanker that Germany's maritime emergencies agency had to secure on January 10 in the Baltic Sea is part of the "shadow fleet" that Moscow uses to avoid sanctions on its oil exports.

Baerbock emphasized that such actions by Russia endanger security in Europe. “Russia jeopardizes our European security not only with its aggressive war against Ukraine, which violates international law,

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