European Gas Erases Gains as US, Russia Plan Ukraine Truce Deal
Benchmark futures slumped as much as 2.6% after rising earlier. Bloomberg News reported the deal being hammered out envisions locking in Russia's occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with the matter. The agreement is far from certain and the US is still working to get buy-in from Ukraine and its European allies, they said.
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