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 rescue teams on Friday secured towing lines to a loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen. The stricken tanker Eventin, loaded with 99,

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.

German rescue teams have managed to secure towing lines to a loaded oil tanker that lost the ability to manoeuvrer in the Baltic Sea near the German island of Rügen, authorities said on Friday. The stricken tanker Eventin,

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,

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,