According to CoinMeta, on the 2nd, the Italian Ministry of Defense issued a statement stating that the Italian Navy, which has been conducting long-term military operations in the Mediterranean under the EU, intercepted a sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” tanker on that day. The tanker was intercepted in the waters west of Pantelleria in the Mediterranean, and the captain refused to cooperate, so an Italian military team boarded the ship for inspection. This operation was supported by Greek naval vessels and Polish maritime patrol aircraft.