France, Oct. 17 -- Trump signed an executive order that waived US sanctions aimed at reducing the money Russia receives from the sale of its oil and gas.

The move came despite Russia increasing strikes on Ukraine and days before the measures were to take effect under a law Trump signed last month.

Trump said the waiver was in the national interests of the US. Targeting Russia's oil and gas sectors

The Lindsey Graham Act - named after the deceased US senator who sponsored the bill - targeted Russia's energy and defence sectors, as well as Putin and the so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers used by Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions.

"It is important that everyone in America also sees what is really happening," Zelensky wrote on socia...