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The Economic Times
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Ukraine halts strikes on tankers using Russian port at US request: Report

Ukraine has paused drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia's Black ​Sea port of Novorossiysk after ​a request from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Financial ​Times said on Wednesday, citing Ukrainian officials.

The paper said last month's request followed U.S. alarm that Ukraine was destabilising oil markets and harming U.S. firms by targeting tankers carrying ‌crude piped ⁠from Kazakhstan ⁠to a Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal at the port.

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