At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

Ukraine says it used sea drones to strike two oil tankers that are part of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet and were a few dozen kilometres off the coast of Turkey.

Turkey is telling Russia, Ukraine, and all other parties to keep energy infrastructure out of their conflict and wants energy flows to continue uninterrupted, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said after a series of attacks off Turkey's Black Sea coast.

In addition to the attack on the Turkish vessel in Chernomorsk, Russia hit a container reloader in the port of Odessa, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said in his Telegram channel. According to him, an employee of a private company was injured in the attack.

Efforts to restart direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are facing challenges as an American delegation leads negotiations in Turkey. Efforts to restart direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are facing challenges as an American delegation ...

July 22 (UPI) --Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a third round of direct peace talks with Russia will be held in Turkey on Wednesday in tandem with another prisoner swap. Zelensky made the announcement in his nightly address following a meeting ...

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, signalling an expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off Russian energy revenues funding its war.