Vance intervenes to halt Ukrainian strikes on oil tankers
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JD Vance asked Ukraine to stop drone strikes on oil tankers at a critical Russian Black Sea port.
In a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, the US vice-president warned that the attacks at Novorossiysk were disrupting oil markets and threatening American business interests in the region.
Ukraine had been hitting tankers carrying Kazakh crude to a terminal operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).
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JD Vance asked Ukraine to stop drone strikes on oil tankers at a critical Russian Black Sea port.
Ukraine had been hitting tankers carrying Kazakh crude to a terminal operated by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).
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In a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, the US vice-president warned that the attacks at Novorossiysk were disrupting oil markets and threatening American business interests in the region.