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The European Commission has proposed to ban selling oil tankers to Russia to slow down the country's growing hydrocarbon exports that bypass Western sanctions, Reuters reported on Nov. 17.
Any sales of tankers to a third country would include clauses forbidding the subsequent resale of ships to Russia or freighting Russian oil products in defiance of Western price caps, such as $60 per barrel of crude.
"The price cap mechanism relies on an attestation process that enables operators in the supply chain of sea-borne Russian oil to demonstrate that it has been purchased at or below the price cap," Reuters reported, citing the document.
Russia's hydrocarbon exports are a major source of the revenue it uses to maintain its war machine. After sanctions and import restrictions on Russian resources to Western markets, Russia has intensified the sale of oil to countries that haven't joined in, such as India and China.
Besides producing weapons and ammunition, oil revenue can also be used to pay competitive salaries to mercenaries and contract soldiers, enticing them to fight for against Ukraine.
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Saturday, May 16
The Russian side has not commented on whether Ukraine transferred the bodies of Russian soldiers in return.
The Russian and Chinese presidents will discuss bilateral relations and ways to deepen the countries' "partnership and strategic cooperation."
Russia launched 294 drones overnight, Ukraine's Air Force said, adding that 269 of them were shot down.
The number includes 1,230 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian forces launched overnight strikes targeting critical and civilian infrastructure across parts of Ukraine on the night of May 15–16, with attacks reported in Odesa Oblast and Kharkiv, according to regional authorities.
Explosions and fires were reported in Russia’s Stavropol and Tatarstan regions overnight on May 16, according to local media outlets.
Eligible applicants can skip Russian residency requirements, history and civic tests, and can forego proving proficiency in the Russian language.
Friday, May 15
"The EBU is making it up as it goes along, and the BBC — a public broadcaster accountable to this country — is sitting at that table nodding along. That has to change," British MP Josh Newbury said.
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A day of mourning was being observed in Kyiv on May 15.
"The Russians are not hiding it, they are war criminals, and anyone who wants to strike a deal with them is an accomplice to these crimes," Serhii Sternenko wrote on X on May 15.
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Almost all of the Ukrainian POWs who returned home had been held under Russian captivity for four years.
Kyiv announced a day of mourning after 24 people, including three children, were killed in the attack.
