Polish army says reported "shadow fleet" incident did not happen

Reuters

January 14, 2025 at 8:48 a.m.

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish army's operational command said on Tuesday an incident described in a media report about a Russian 'shadow fleet' ship circling near the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline "did not happen".

Polish state broadcaster TVP World reported earlier on Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry source, that such a ship had been seen circling around the subsea pipeline that delivers gas from Norway to Poland.

Poland's foreign ministry and the military said earlier they had no information about such an incident.

(Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk; Editing by Alison Williams)

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