Kateryna Hirnyk09:05, 12.08.26On July 31, during a phone call, Vance asked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop the attacks. Ukraine has stopped drone strikes on oil tankers near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request from US Vice President J.D. According to the publication’s sources, Vance asked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop the attacks in a phone call on July 31. Since then, Ukraine has not struck tankers near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal. A US representative confirmed that the administration has warned Ukraine about the need to stop shelling non-Russian vessels in the Black Sea, as well as the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.