Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on oil tankers using Russian Black Sea port, FT reports
XLE•Ukraine halts strikes after Vance request, FT says
Ukraine has halted drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request at the end of last month from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing Ukrainian officials.
The report said the U.S. was alarmed that Ukraine was further destabilising oil markets and harming U.S. companies by targeting tankers carrying crude piped from Kazakhstan to a Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in the Russian port.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
