Trump allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the island’s fuel blockade. Here’s the latest | CNN

A Russian-flagged oil tanker has reached Cuban waters after US President Donald Trump allowed it to break his administration’s fuel blockade of the island nation as its energy crisis deepens. There have been conflicting reports about the ship’s exact location. The Russian transport ministry said the Anatoly Kolodkin – a tanker with nearly 730,000 barrels of oil onboard – had arrived at the Matanzas port in Cuba on Monday, according to Russian state-run news agencies. But data from the ship tracking site MarineTraffic on Monday afternoon showed it off Cayo Guillermo, within Cuba’s territorial seas. It was moving west toward the port of Matanzas, where it is expected to arrive by Monday night or Tuesday morning. Cuba’s midday state-run newscast showed the ship’s imminent arrival as the lead story. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, also said on Monday the ship had arrived in Cuba. Asked if the US agreed to let the tanker through, Peskov said: “As for the American side, I can only confirm that this issue was indeed raised in advance during contacts with our American counterparts.” Washington has ratcheted up pressure on Cuba in recent