The US Congress has passed a bill targeting countries that buy large amounts of Russian oil, and sent it to President Trump to sign into law.
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a bill letting President Trump impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent three hours meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, then went to Kyiv for more talks aimed at ending the war.
Russia bombed the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for a sixth night in a row, killing at least nine people.
A Senate bill for new sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine is losing momentum, as Republican leaders fill the pre-election calendar with other business and a top Democrat voices doubts about it.
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe and held by Russian forces since 2022, has had no outside electricity for more than a week and is relying on emergency diesel generators, the UN's nuclear watchdog says.
The New York Times reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe, during a secret trip to Moscow, told Russian officials privately that Russia's war effort in Ukraine looks bleak.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, reportedly the first by a sitting CIA chief since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The European Union is preparing what would be its largest sanctions package against Russia since the country's full invasion of Ukraine, according to the news outlet Seznam Zprávy.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what would be his first known visit to Russia since becoming America's top spy chief.
Three defense stories this week show Western arms makers can't build weapons fast enough for the wars happening now.
Romania's air force shot down a sea drone linked to Russia as it approached an offshore gas platform, and the president blamed Moscow.