On Wednesday, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested that the Biden administration is not open to sanction Russia’s energy sector as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The administration declined to rule it out entirely but said doing so was not in US strategic interests, citing disruptions to the global oil supply and the effect it would have on gas prices. “We don’t have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy,” Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One, according to CNN. Gas prices have consistently risen since President Biden took office, reaching a

Leaders from Ukraine and Russia are scheduled to meet on Thursday in Belarus for talks as the Russian invasion of the country continues, according to a top aide for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “As far as I know, the Ukrainian delegation has already departed from Kyiv, is en route … We’re expecting them tomorrow,” Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, said Wednesday evening, according to the Associated Press. “According to Medinsky, the two sides agreed on the Brest region of Belarus, which borders Poland, as the site of the talks,” the report added. The news comes the same day that