Panama's Maritime Authority commenced flag cancellation procedures after US sanctions targeted the LNG carriers' Singapore-based operators over connections to Russian gas producer Novatek and sanctions evasion.
This POWs exchange includes 82 defenders of Mariupol, captured in the early months of the full-scale invasion. President Zelenskyy thanked military units for replenishing Ukraine's "exchange fund," enabling the return of 115 defenders.
A US citizen and two Canadian nationals have been arrested and charged with conspiracy and smuggling critical technologies to Russia vital for advanced military hardware.