By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Western powers have ramped up pressure on Russia's oil sales amid its war with Ukraine as U.S. President Donald Trump said India would stop buying and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian oil firms.

The share of India’s oil imports from Russia has risen significantly from 2% in 2022 to 35% now - and figures released by data and analytics firm Kpler show that in volume terms purchases have remained largely steady throughout this year.

The European Union has unveiled a plan aimed at ensuring that Europe can defend itself against outside attack by the end of the decade.

The Swedish military deployed fighter jets and a warship to shadow a Russian submarine after it entered the Baltic Sea on Tuesday and continues sailing toward a Russian port.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by a Russian drone strike in Ukraine, Italy’s foreign minister has said. Antonio Tajani posted on X that an Italian official was accompanying the convoy as it travelled in Kherson Oblast on Tuesday.

The new owner, whose identity has not been disclosed, may have to keep his prize out of international waters.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that he told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato that the Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy. "Minister Kato and I also discussed important issues pertaining to the U.

China’s biggest state-owned air carriers are protesting a U.S. proposal to bar them from flying over Russia when traveling to or from the U.S.