U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba.
"Beginning on the effective date of this order, an additional ad valorem rate of duty may be imposed on goods imported into the United States that are products of any other country that directly or indirectly sells or otherwise provides any oil to Cuba," said the order, which was signed under a national emergency declaration.
The order, effective at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT) on Jan. 30, defines "oil" as crude oil or petroleum products. It authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to determine whether a foreign country sells or provides oil to Cuba, and to issue necessary regulations to enforce the order.
The Secretary of State is tasked with deciding whether, and to what extent, an additional duty should be imposed, based on the Secretary of Commerce's findings. Trump will then consider the recommendation in deciding whether to impose the tariff.
Trump claims that Cuba's policies, practices and actions represent an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy.
Trump threatens tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba
Russia said on Thursday that it had taken control of another settlement in Ukraine’s Sumy region, while Ukraine, on the same day, reported precision strikes on multiple Russian targets.
Russia's Defense Ministry said in its Thursday report that over the past 24 hours, Russian forces continued striking Ukrainian military positions across multiple fronts.
Russian tactical aviation, attack drones, missile units, and artillery targeted 153 Ukrainian sites, including military-industrial facilities, radar stations, ammunition depots, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries, the ministry said, adding that Russian air defense forces shot down 111 fixed-wing drones.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Thursday reported 117 combat engagements in frontline areas in the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian forces conducted precision strikes against multiple Russian military targets, including one radar system, four drone command centers, and an ammunition depot. Additionally, 955 Russian drones were shot down, it said.
Ukrainian media cited military sources reporting that Ukrainian forces used Patriot air defense missiles to shoot down a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea.
Also on Thursday, in a statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov outlined Russia's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine-related commitments, international security guarantees, and the construction of a multipolar world.
Lavrov said Russia regards this conflict as "a major confrontation between Russia and the West", adding that Ukraine is "a pawn and a tool used by the West to build up a bridgehead right on the borders of the Russian Federation" in order to create direct security threats.
"We have mentioned it many times, and President Putin has often let everyone know that we find unacceptable even a 60-day ceasefire Zelensky is once again looking for," Lavrov said, stressing that each diplomatic effort during the special military operation ended with ceasefires being instantly leveraged to bring more weapons to Ukraine, to give the regime a respite.
Russia has not seen the document that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky constantly refers to as a 20-point plan, according to Lavrov.
"As far as we understand, the Ukrainians and Europeans have rehashed the original U.S. plan and are now trying to sell their own 'vision' of this 'world' to the U.S. administration." said the minister.
Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky said Thursday that Russia and Ukraine have conducted another exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies.
"As part of the Istanbul agreements, the bodies of 1,000 deceased Ukrainian soldiers were handed over to Ukraine, and the bodies of 38 deceased Russian soldiers were handed over to Russia," Medinsky said in a Telegram post, without mentioning the date of the exchange.
Ukrainian investigators would conduct necessary examinations to identify the repatriated bodies, said Ukraine's Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, said Ukraine transferred 38 bodies to Russia as part of the exchange.
Russia and Ukraine agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange of seriously ill and wounded prisoners, soldiers under the age of 25, and the bodies of fallen soldiers during their talks in Istanbul on June 2, 2025.
Russia claims control of settlement, while Ukraine reports precision strikes on Russian targets
