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US Congress votes to suspend Russia trade status, ban oil imports.

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Congress voted overwhelmingly on April 7 to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil. The Senate approved the two bills with 100-0 votes. The measures will now go to U.S. President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

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Russia attacked the city of Khmelnytskyi overnight on April 1, damaging a commercial site and a residential building was damaged by shelling in Lutsk, authorities and media reported.

Such actions are "not indicative of a broader shift in the U.S. Russia policy," a U.S. Treasury spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent, adding that OFAC regularly updates its sanctions list by adding or removing individuals and entities.

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