The French navy boarded the oil tanker DF Peak, suspected of helping Russia evade Western sanctions, south of the French Indian Ocean territory of Réunion, according to RFI.

French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the boarding took place on October 12, more than 450 nautical miles south of Réunion. The DF Peak, previously named Kaliningrad, sailed under the flag of Benin and is sanctioned by the United States (US), the European Union (EU), Switzerland, Canada and Japan, according to the Kyiv Independent.