Crude is on course for a 10% weekly gain as Moscow plans an output cut of 500,000 barrels per day in March Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Friday, heading for weekly gains, as Moscow announced plans to reduce crude production next month in response to Western price caps.

Local operatives may be hired and overseen by US Special Operations troops, the paper reports The US Department of Defense is trying to convince lawmakers to fund two top-secret programs in Ukraine, which were put on hold after Russia launched its military operation in the country last year, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

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