The U.S. State Department has expressed its displeasure with Ukraine’s recent attacks on the ⁠Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea that have impacted U.S. oil interests in ⁠Kazakhstan, Kyiv’s chief envoy to Washington said Tuesday.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held a call ahead of more talks with Russia. Meanwhile, experts say the fifth year of war has not started well for Moscow - and Putin may have to consider a move unpopular with the Russian people.