Tsarizm Eastern European Staff

Vance Asked Zelensky To Stop Ukraine Drone Strikes On Tankers At Novorossiysk — US Feared Damage To Chevron And Exxon Interests

Ukraine halted an intensive campaign of drone strikes against oil tankers at Russia’s Novorossiysk port after US Vice President JD Vance personally asked President Zelensky to stop, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. Washington feared the attacks were destabilizing global oil markets and damaging American corporate interests, including Chevron and ExxonMobil stakes in Kazakhstan’s main crude export route.

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