Ukraine's Minister of Overseas Affairs Andrii Sybiha has welcomed stories that France has detained a sanctioned Russian tanker within the Mediterranean Sea.

Supply: Sybiha commenting on a press release by French President Emmanuel Macron, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Sybiha stated France's actions have been "precisely the energy and resolve which can be wanted when coping with aggressive and lawless terrorist state, Russia".

"The one language they perceive. We welcome France's resolute management that demonstrates the energy of Europe and our shared rules," he added.

Background:

• Earlier on 22 January, Macron introduced that the French Navy had intercepted a sanctioned tanker from Russia's shadow fleet within the Mediterranean.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Europe to cease Russian oil tankers throughout his speech on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos on the identical day.

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