Week in Ukraine war: new Russian strikes, oil price cap, no Biden-Putin talks (Dec. 5)

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Week in Ukraine war: new Russian strikes, oil price cap, no Biden-Putin talks (Dec. 5)
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New measures targeting Russian oil revenue took effect Monday. And Ukraine will be working again to repair its energy grid after another round of Russian strikes. Here's your guide to developments in the war.

Western countries reached a deal for aand the EU is banning most Russian oil imports. The $60 per barrel price ceiling and embargo are aimed at hurting Moscow's fuel revenues but some analysts and officials are skeptical the efforts will work., after the U.S.

leader remarked he'd be willing to have contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin also said Putin had a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in which the Russian leader defended his assault on Ukraine's energy grid.and remains optimistic about the prospects for a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the spring, the national intelligence chief said Dec. 3.

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