The Shadow Fleet has been the lifeblood of Russia’s war machine since 2022 -now it could face collapse. Billions of dollars’ worth of oil have been transported across the planet in ageing, opaque tankers, operating in the shadows and largely uninterrupted. Until now. This week, the US seized Russian-linked vessels. Ukraine has begun striking shadow-fleet tankers with domestically produced drones. For the first time since the full-scale invasion, Russia’s maritime war economy is under threat. If