Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military support to shield his country from future Russian aggression.View on euronews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.

President Trump announced sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft, Russia’s two largest oil companies, while restrictions by the European Union included a ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.

Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin special envoy, is reported to have arrived in the United States for "official" talks following the imposition of sanctions on Russia's oil sector and the cancellation of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Hungary.

United States targets Russian oil giants over Vladimir Putin’s refusal to end 'senseless' war in Ukraine - Scott Bessent claimed the measures against Rosneft and Lukoil will ‘degrade’ the Kremlin’s mi

The United States hit Russia's major oil companies with sanctions and accused the Russians of a lack of commitment toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow conducted a major training exercise involving nuclear arms.