Oil prices held at two-month lows on Wednesday as a surprise build in U.S. fuel stockpiles signalled demand weakness and a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine continued to weigh on prices.
Tetiana Hranchak lived in Ukraine when Russia first invaded. Now Hranchak is a visiting assistant professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. She hopes people will pay more attention to the war.
In a setback for the Trump administration the assembly approved a European-backed Ukrainian resolution, which demands an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops and calls Moscow’s aggression a violation of the U.
President Donald Trump, from left, speaks while signing an executive order as Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation, listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) AP
When Trump held a lengthy phone call with Putin last week, it was taken as a signal in Kyiv and other European capitals that their alliance to contain Moscow was fraying.