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On July 31, US Vice President J.D. Vance, during a conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asked Ukraine to stop attacks on oil tankers in the Black Sea.

The United States has begun to transfer old tankers seized as part of its efforts to combat sanctions against Russia, Iran, and Venezuela for disposal.

The new owner of the 106-meter superyacht “Amadea”, which the US confiscated from Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, is 27-year-old Dubai billionaire Abbas Sajwani.

The White House has urged Ukraine not to attack non-Russian vessels in the Black Sea after a tanker chartered by the American company Chevron was hit.

The European Parliament has supported a non-binding resolution to ban alumina exports to Russia.

US Special Forces Use Magura-Class Naval Drones for First Time in Indo-Pacific, Sinking Decommissioned Ship During Exercises in the Philippines.

The US Treasury Department has removed two Russian dry cargo ships from its sanctions list, the “Gennady Yegorov” and the “Vyacheslav Arshinov”.

Two tankers carrying nearly 2 million barrels of oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, weighing on prices as the gradual resumption of transits weighs.

India’s foreign minister said that Washington itself asked Delhi to buy Russian oil to stabilize the global oil market.

The US Treasury Department has decided to extend the sanctions exemption for Russian oil transported by sea for another month.