The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
"This is a historic decision, as weapons for Ukraine will be purchased at the expense of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets through the European Peace Fund," Denys Shmyhal said.
The aftermath of an alleged Ukrainian rocket attack against Belgorod, Russia, on April 6, 2024. (Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov/Telegram)
Russian authorities claimed that Belgorod and the surrounding region came under a Ukrainian rocket attack in the morning of April 6, allegedly inflicting damage but no casualties.
The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims. Ukrainian officials usually do not comment on alleged attacks on Russian soil.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that its forces downed 10 projectiles launched from the RM-70 rocket launcher over Belgorod Oblast.
Despite the purported downing of the rockets on the approach toward Belgorod, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported damage in the city and Belgorod Oblast as a result of the attack.
Some 12 apartment buildings were damaged, as well as a clinic, a sports complex, a commercial enterprise, and three cars, Gladkov alleged. The damages were mostly light, limited to windows and facades, according to his statement.
Damage to buildings was also allegedly reported in the surrounding villages of Belgorod Oblast, namely in Dubovoye, Maysky, Nikolskoye, and Tavrovo.
Belgorod Oblast borders Ukraine's Sumy, Kharkiv, and Luhansk oblasts. Claims of rocket or drone attacks against the region have recently become a common occurrence after anti-Kremlin Russian militias' incursions into the border areas.
Russia reportedly often uses Belgorod Oblast as a launching ground for cross-border missile strikes against Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force said that three S-300 missiles were launched from the region against Ukraine overnight on April 6.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
