War, latest news. FT: Negotiations are under way for companies to return to the Russian oil market
‘A plan for Moscow to supply oil to the EU is also on the table’
The United States and Russia are discussing the possible return of American companies to the Russian oil market, as part of wider talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
The White House and the Kremlin have hinted that, once the conflict is over, a joint venture between American and Russian oil giants off the coast of Sakhalin could be relaunched.
The Financial Times reports this, noting that discussions also centred on the involvement of major US companies in a plan to resume Russian oil supplies to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline.
The war continues
Last night, air defence forces shot down 531 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in various areas and in the Moscow region, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Telegram.
According to reports from Russian news channels on Telegram, the Ukrainian army is said to have launched attacks overnight on several facilities in Russia linked to the Moscow military-industrial complex. Explosions and fires raged in the city of Lipetsk late yesterday evening, following an attack by Ukrainian forces, according to the Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova Plus, which adds that a fire broke out in the area of the Novolipetsk metallurgical plant after air defences were activated.
