The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
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.
The sanctions list includes 58 individuals and 74 companies, with 67 Russian enterprises related to military technology.
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.
Despite the Kremlin's announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the front line.
Putin has done in Russia everything that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been against in Brazil.
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.
Biden threatens to veto new $14.3 billion Israel aid bill without Ukraine funding
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 2 passed a bill to provide $14.3 billion in aid for Israel, a move that President Joe Biden has promised to veto if it does not also include support for Ukraine, The Hill reports.
Democratic Party lawmakers object to the fact that the bill does not include any aid to Ukraine and are calling for the bill to be paired with additional security assistance for Kyiv. But many Republicans are opposed to sending more aid to Ukraine.
“The president would veto an Israel-only bill. I think we have made that clear,” said Biden administration spokesperson John Kirby on Nov. 2.
The move is seen as a major leadership test for the new House Speaker Mike Johnson.
“Ukraine will come in short order, it will come next, And you’ve heard me say that we want to pair border security with Ukraine … If we’re going to take care of a border in Ukraine, we need to take care of America’s border as well,” Johnson said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized the bill saying that he “will not be considering this deeply flawed proposal from the House GOP. Instead, we will work together on our own bipartisan emergency aid package that includes aid to Israel, Ukraine, competition with the Chinese government and humanitarian aid to Gaza.”
The 226 to 196 vote mostly fell along strict party lines, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans.
However, President Biden is trying to push a much larger $106 billion package that features funding for Israel, Ukraine, border security, and countries in the Indo-Pacific.
Speaker Johnson has warned Republican senators that the larger package would not pass through the lower chamber.
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