Ukraine halts strikes on tankers using Russian port at US request, FT says

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.