The European Union aims to strengthen its presence in the Black Sea, a region of renewed geostrategic value, by setting up a security hub that would protect critical infrastructure, remove naval mines,

At the crack of dawn, a dozen U.S. Marines recently took position in a field on this sleepy Swedish island about 200 miles from the Russian city of Kaliningrad and fired their mobile rocket system. The dummy munitions splashed into the Baltic Sea,

The EU and UK are advocating for a reduction in the oil price cap on Russian crude, currently at $60 per barrel, aiming to diminish Moscow's revenue.

In a bid to isolate Moscow, a new bill in the US Senate threatens to impose 500% tariffs on any country that buys Russian fossil fuels. If implemented as intended, the plan could ravage several EU countries.

The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed over the war on Ukraine.

Ukraine will ask the EU next week to consider big new steps to isolate Moscow, including seizing Russian assets and bringing in sanctions for some buyers of Russian oil, as U.S. President Donald Trump has backed off from tightening sanctions.

Russian energy minister Anton Rubtsov told state media about how current taxation on Russian oil hurts production.

Cutting off Russian energy imports is the aim of the new RepowerEU Roadmap presented by the European Commission. The executive cites security reasons, adding that it will also accelerate the EU's energy transition,