Trump administration hits Russia’s top oil firms with sanctions to stunt war funding, urges ceasefire
The Treasury Department under President Donald Trump sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, on Wednesday, escalating pressure on the Kremlin to end its war in Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the move targets the oil companies that "fund the Kremlin's war machine" and called on Moscow to agree to an "immediate ceasefire." "We canceled the meeting with President Putin," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office alongside […]