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- The United States is urging Ukraine to lift its ban on Belarusian potash fertilizers.
- Washington says that easing the ban could cut Belarus’s economic dependence on Russia.
- The United States lifted part of its own potash sanctions after Belarus freed several hundred prisoners, including 250 in March.
- EU sanctions stay until Feb 2027 as Lithuania blocks transit through Klaipeda, with President Gitanas Nauseda saying the ban remains for national-security reasons.
