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Ukraine struck an oil tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

The Ukrainian negotiating team is “finalizing work on the 20 points of a fundamental document that could define the parameters for ending the war,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X Wednesday.

Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist whom Ukraine accuses of unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea, Polish authorities said on Thursday, prompting outrage from Moscow which demanded his immediate release.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that all "misunderstandings" with the United States over Ukraine had been resolved following a meeting earlier this month between President Vladimir Putin and U.

The Kremlin says any peace deal must cede to Russia the entire eastern Donbas region, including territory Ukraine still controls — a nonstarter for Kyiv.

The president said he had exchanged “pretty strong words” with European leaders, while Russia signaled Thursday it saw itself as increasingly on the same page as the United States.