Rubio accuses Ukraine of striking US oil ships
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Ukraine struck ships carrying American oil in the Black Sea, echoing statements by oil companies. Kyiv claims responsibility for a campaign against Russian exports, while Rubio calls for efforts to focus on ending the war, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Ukraine of striking ships carrying American oil in the Black Sea, according to an interview with Breitbart on Sunday 18 October 2026. He relayed statements by oil companies claiming that the oil aboard the ship hit belonged to them.
On 19 October, speaking from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Marco Rubio urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to focus on ending the war. He also said Washington wanted Russia to make that goal a priority. The day before, the secretary of state had said the United States continued to place an end to the conflict at the centre of its policy towards Ukraine (ending the war in Ukraine as a priority).
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