Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sunday said that Russia has taken strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and now has control over the entire Luhansk region. Fierce fighting was ongoing between Russia and Ukraine over the region in east Ukraine. The United States unveiled a five-year proposal for offshore oil and gas development on Friday focused almost entirely on the Gulf of Mexico, as it seeks to balance efforts to fight climate change with its legal requirement to hold drilling auctions.