President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russia.

Two days after the envoys met Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended measures that Trump had announced in October when he finally vowed to get tough on Moscow.

The Treasury Department suspended until at least April 29 economic sanctions against Lukoil-branded gas stations outside of Russia.

A ban remains on place to prevent the money from flowing back to Russia, which has been under sweeping US and EU sanctions since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Trump's sanctions had been one of the most concrete means to pressure Russia, which Europea

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