{"id":41049,"date":"2026-08-12T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41049"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:13:26","slug":"ukraine-halts-strikes-on-tankers-using-russian-port-at-us-request-ft-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41049","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine halts strikes on tankers using Russian port at US request, FT says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Aug 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine has paused drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia&#8217;s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after \u200ca request from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Financial \u200cTimes said on Wednesday, citing Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The paper said last month&#8217;s request followed \u200bU.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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine agreed not to target CPC infrastructure \u200cor non-Russian vessels as \u2060long as the latter were not under Ukrainian sanctions and were not carrying Russian oil or cargo, \u2060the newspaper added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The White House, State Department and Vance&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside business hours. Reuters \u200bcould not \u200bimmediately verify the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian forces recently \u200bstepped up strikes on Russian \u200cenergy infrastructure and other sites in an effort Kyiv says aims at depriving Russia of resources to fund its military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Black Sea drone attacks took out as much as a fifth of CPC oil loadings in July, four sources familiar with the data said, as the \u200cRussia-Ukraine war spilled over to hit \u200bsales by Kazakhstan and western oil majors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kazakhstan, \u200bwhich relies on the \u200bCPC route for crude exports, suffered a drop of \u200c14% in oil production in \u200bJuly versus June, \u200bthe sources said. 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