In a written response to Reuters, a spokesman said Exxon was taking steps to exit the oil and gas project, which includes meeting contractual and trade obligations. The company had previously stated that it would cease operations in Russia, including leaving the project. Reuters reported that those interested in the project are facing increasing difficulties in transporting crude oil from the region due to sanctions in Russia, fear of reputational risk and difficulty in finding insurance coverage. – Chelsea Ong
“We would never feel safe again” if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, says UK
“If Putin succeeds, there will be unspeakable further misery across Europe and dire consequences around the world,” said Liz Tras, the UK’s foreign secretary. Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance and Western allies must “double” their support for the country to ensure Putin’s failure in Ukraine, the British foreign secretary said on Wednesday. “Ukraine’s victory is a strategic imperative for all of us,” Liz Truss said in a speech in London last night, arguing that the Group of Seven and its allies must maintain pressure on Russia through tougher sanctions. including the “oil shutdown. and gas imports once and for all “, providing further military assistance and ongoing humanitarian assistance. “If Putin succeeds, there will be unspeakable further misery across Europe and dire consequences around the world,” he said, adding that “we will never feel safe again.” “So we have to be prepared for the long term and double our support for Ukraine,” he said. Tras’s comments come at a time when tensions between Western nations and Russia have risen sharply, with President Vladimir Putin warning that Russia would retaliate against any intervention in the Ukraine war. – Holly Eliat
Blinken says Europe has ‘ambitious’ plans to reduce energy dependence on Russia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, DC, April 26, 2022. Blinken and Secretary of Defense on Monday pledged a total of $ 713 million in foreign military funding to Ukraine and 15 and partner countries. Al Drago Reuters European countries have “really ambitious” plans to reduce their dependence on Russian energy, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, adding that “further progress” is expected in Russian oil imports in the coming weeks. “I think the Europeans have really ambitious plans to move away from this dependence on Russian energy. The challenge is to implement them,” Blinken told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. About half of Russia’s 4.7 million barrels per day of crude exports go to the EU. Cutting them would deprive Moscow of a significant revenue stream. “I think it is likely that in the coming weeks you will see further progress on the oil side of the equation in terms of Russian imports. Gas is a bigger challenge,” he added. The European Union is considering options to reduce Russian oil imports as part of possible further sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, but none has been formally proposed as governments assess their impact. – Reuters
White House prepares to apply for ‘massive’ funding for more aid to Ukraine
A C-130 Hercules taxi on the flight line on July 14, 2014, at Westover Air Reserve, Mass. US Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Goonan | US Air Force The White House is preparing to send a request to Congress for additional assistance to Ukraine as early as Thursday, government officials confirmed to NBC News. Officials described the amount of the request as “massive”, but will not give a specific amount in dollars as some of the details have not been finalized. Officials say the requested amount of dollars should be able to fund US support for Ukraine by the end of this fiscal year, which ends in September. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, the Biden government has approved $ 3.4 billion in military aid. Last week, President Joe Biden said he was running out of funding approved by Congress and would send a request to lawmakers soon. The latest $ 800 million military aid package, the eighth tranche of aid, comes after eight weeks of fighting as Russian forces prepare for a new battle in eastern and southern Ukraine. – Amanda Macias
Putin threatens retaliation against anyone who intervenes in the war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin passes in front of a guard during a ceremony honoring the country’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, April 26, 2022. Maxim Semetov Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned world leaders not to intervene in what he calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine. “I want to emphasize once again that the special military operation in Ukraine and Donbass, which started in February, will definitely be carried out to ensure the security of the people in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic in Russian Crimea. “and our whole country,” Putin told Russia’s Council of Legislators in St. Petersburg. He said the Russian army had prevented a “real threat hanging over our country”. Putin added that the Kremlin would respond to anyone who intervened in the ongoing military operation. “Our response, our retaliation, these attacks will be lightning fast. We have all the means for that. Such instruments that no one can brag about … and we will use them if necessary. I want you all to know.” , Putin said. It was not immediately clear what they meant by the instruments. Putin also said that global sanctions against Russia had failed to “strangle us financially.” – Amanda Macias
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Eyewitnesses reported large explosions in Kiev’s northwestern Shevchenkivsky district, which left windows exploding and parts of buildings blackened. It happened as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov visited the city and as Ukrainians began to return. “Shocked and disgusted by the Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. “EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a tweet. – Natasha Turak
Russia may be preparing to hold “fake referendums” in Ukraine, US ambassador says
Russia may be preparing to hold “fake referendums” in southern and eastern Ukraine – in areas it has occupied illegally since February 24 – to legitimize its invasion and control, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said. Security and Cooperation in Europe. Russia plans to force the Ukrainian government to surrender, including the dissolution of all local municipal governments, and to set up new government structures in “liberated” territories under Russian control, Ambassador Michael Carpenter told the OSCE. He added that Russian officials and so-called separatists were developing plans for a new government and constitution. “This plan includes a moratorium that prohibits legitimate Ukrainian leaders and those who support the legitimate government of Ukraine from holding leadership positions,” Carpenter said. A Ukrainian soldier in front of a residential building destroyed by Russian artillery in Kharkov, Ukraine. Russia is likely to intensify the ongoing deportations of Ukrainians, said the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Alex Chan Tsz Yuk / SOPA Pictures | Lightrocket | Getty Images He added that the plans “come straight from the book of Russia” for the orchestration of “so-called referendums in the Ukrainian regions of Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk – each time with fake high levels of public support” and the establishment of puppet regimes there. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, and the country has been supporting an separatist uprising in Donbas – consisting of the Ukrainian cities of Luhansk and Donetsk – since 2014. Carpenter added that Russia is likely to intensify the ongoing deportations of Ukrainians. “We should expect Russia to intensify the continued forced relocation of locals from areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to Russia or areas of Donbass controlled by Russia through so-called ‘filtering camps,’” Carpenter said. – Chelsea Ong
Ukraine plans operation to evacuate civilians from Mariupol blockade
A view shows a factory of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 26, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Ukraine says it has a plan to evacuate about 1,000 civilians trapped in the huge Azovstal steel plant complex in the besieged city of Mariupol. “An operation is currently being planned to evacuate civilians from the factory,” said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, without elaborating. The site has become one of the last major strongholds of Ukrainian forces in an otherwise Russian-occupied city. Mariupol, a strategic port in southern Ukraine just 30 miles from the Russian border, has seen some of the fiercest bombings in the entire Russian campaign and has been cut off from electricity, food and most humanitarian aid since early March. Satellite imagery has revealed what Western and Ukrainian officials believe are mass graves just outside the city. Russia’s Defense Ministry had announced in recent days that it was opening a humanitarian corridor for citizens to leave the steel plant. However, many previous attempts failed, with Kyiv accusing Russian forces of not holding their fire to allow safe passage. Moscow, meanwhile, blames Ukrainian forces for the failure. – Natasha Turak
The battle for Donbass is Russia’s main focus, but the Ukrainian resistance is limiting its gains: UK Foreign Office
The battle for Donbas is Russia’s main focus, as it aims to occupy the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, the UK Department of Defense wrote in its daily briefing on Friday. So far, significant Ukrainian resistance has hampered Moscow’s progress, he added. In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (or administrative districts), “fighting was particularly fierce around Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, with an attempt to advance south from Izium to Slovyansk,” the ministry wrote on Twitter. “Due to the strong Ukrainian resistance, Russian territorial gains have been limited and achieved at a significant cost to Russian forces.” – Natasha Turak
Ukrainian prosecutor identifies 10 Russian soldiers accused of atrocities in Bukha
An undertaker lays flowers at a woman’s grave as her husband and son watch on April 20, 2022 in Bukha, Ukraine. Ukraine’s Attorney General Iryna Venediktova has identified 10 Russian soldiers he had previously accused of atrocities in Ukraine’s Bucha, the Associated Press reported. John Moore | Getty Images News Getty Images Ukraine’s attorney general has identified 10 Russian soldiers who he said were involved in the atrocities in Ukraine, according to the Associated Press. Iryna Venediktova appealed to the public via Facebook to help gather evidence against those soldiers who she said were “involved in the torture of peaceful people”. They came from the 64th Brigade of Russian Motorized Rifle Forces, whose work was recently honored by President Vladimir Putin, the AP reported. “During the occupation of Boutsa, they took hostage unarmed civilians, killed them with hunger and thirst, kept them on their knees with their hands tied and their eyes glued, made fun of them and beat them,” he was quoted as saying, adding that the soldiers threatened to shoot civilians and looted houses. On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Bucha, requesting an investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine. – Chelsea Ong
US embassy in Kyiv says official killed in Ukraine war
A woman passes by the closed Embassy of the United States in Ukraine on April 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. John Moore | Getty Images The US embassy in Kyiv says one of its officials was killed in the Kremlin war in Ukraine. “Volodymyr, who took leave of his job as an embassy bodyguard to return to the army and defend Ukraine,” the US mission in Kyiv wrote. “We will never forget his kind spirit, his devotion and his bravery. Our deepest condolences are to his family and friends,” the embassy tweeted. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told lawmakers Wednesday that the Biden government is working to reopen the US Embassy in Kyiv. – Amanda Macias
