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- BBC Verify logged 184 Russian-linked ships making 238 EEZ passages since the March pledge.
- The Ministry of Defence says it is disrupting the shadow fleet, but no sanctioned vessel has been boarded.
- Former Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe called the lack of boardings ‘pathetic’ and the navy risk-averse.
- Shipping lawyer James M Turner said law bars seizure of foreign-flag vessels, and the Yi Tong has rerouted around Ireland and northern Scotland.
