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US Ambassador Guilfoyle allegedly boasted US can topple allied governments while discussing Romania with Greek officials: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.” Also pushed allies toward Aktor energy deals while Aktor’s paid lobbyist accompanied her.
Zelenskyy offered to stop hitting Russian refineries if Russia spares Ukraine's grid and asked Trump for Patriots now against German deliveries in 2027.
Ukraine has paused drone strikes on oil tankers after US Vice-President JD Vance requested it by phone.
The U.S. struck Iranian military sites on 8 July after Trump declared the ceasefire over, following tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude topped $80 a barrel.
Ukraine has approved a 40-day strike campaign on Russia's refining and export chain, timed to a stalled peace negotiation and a 15 July review of the Western oil price cap.
Fuel rationing has reached more than 50 Russian regions as Ukrainian drone strikes cut refinery output, bringing the war Russia launched home to its own drivers.
An interim US-Iran memorandum reopens the Strait of Hormuz and ends the naval blockade, but Iran's nuclear programme is left to 60 days of later talks.
Pakistan's PM Sharif and US President Trump claim the US and Iran have reached a deal to end the 2026 war, with a signing ceremony set for 19 June in Switzerland.
US Marines break ceasefire by boarding the Iranian-flagged Touska on 19 April after the USS Spruance disabled it. Iran called it piracy and cancelled a second round of Islamabad talks. Brent crude rose above $97.
Hours after the US renewed its Russia oil sanctions waiver, Ukraine struck two refineries, a terminal, a port and a Crimea depot overnight on 18 April.
Trump's naval blockade, declared hours after peace talks collapsed in Islamabad, doesn't just escalate the Iran war. It transforms a regional conflict into a direct challenge to every nation that refused to pick a side.
