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Today’s U.S. seizure of a Russian-flagged, Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean threaten the success of critical Ukraine war talks, where negotiations for security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine are now underway.

Russia on Thursday strongly condemned the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker, heralding a new chill in relations between Moscow and Washington that could spread to other areas and affect President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Russia to end its nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

A prominent Russian politician has tied hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine to the seizure of an oil tanker north of Scotland

Russia attacked infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region on Tuesday, damaging a civilian ship and facilities in the Black Sea ports, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said.

A Russian attack drone has struck a civilian vessel en route to a Ukrainian port to load grain, while a ship carrying soybeans has been damaged near Odesa, resulting in the death of a Syrian national.

After a weekslong chase across the Atlantic, the U.S. took over the Bella 1 in an operation that defied Russian warnings.