{"id":335905,"date":"2026-04-18T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-do-relaxed-sanctions-on-russian-oil-mean-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:00:34","slug":"what-do-relaxed-sanctions-on-russian-oil-mean-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-do-relaxed-sanctions-on-russian-oil-mean-for-the-war-in-ukraine-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What do relaxed sanctions on Russian oil mean for the war in Ukraine? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/o2cqvjfkUUk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What do relaxed sanctions on Russian oil mean for the war in Ukraine? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o2cqvjfkUUk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The US has renewed a waiver allowing sanctioned Russian oil to keep flowing amid its war with Iran. Critics in Kyiv and across Europe say loosening the restrictions strengthens Russia\u2019s invasion in Ukraine. So what does this mean for the war? And tensions between Europe and the US over their support for Kyiv?<\/p>\n<p>#unitedstates #russia #straitofhormuz #dwnews <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US has renewed a waiver allowing sanctioned Russian oil to keep flowing amid its war with Iran. Critics in Kyiv and across Europe say loosening the restrictions strengthens Russia\u2019s invasion in Ukraine. So what does this mean for the war? 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