The United States and the EU " If the sanctions are tightened and Ukrainian export replaces the Russian, Ukraine will be able to receive more income and pay independently for its defense in the war against Russia.

Such a belief was expressed by the former deputy Secretary of State, the head of Glassman Enterprises, James Glassman in the panel discussion, "

He noted that Russian companies that have metallurgical enterprises in the European Union blackmail European governments with mass layouts of local workers and the United States have the same problem with Russian factories.

" - Ed. ) Thousands of workers work. And all of them, of course, are afraid to lose their jobs. So manipulation with dismissal really takes place - for example, in Italy, where factories work on slabques from Russia. But this can be solved or buying products from other manufacturers. Or give these plants to other hands, ”said Glassman.

He also emphasized that in order to close all possible loopholes for Russian products in world markets, coordination between the governments of partner countries should be improved. Then Ukraine will receive the opportunity to replace Russian products and get enough funds to wage war.

" The fact that in our markets there are still products of Russia, it is harmful to Ukraine - because in this way the EU does not allow it to receive more income to pay for the war on her own, ”said Glassman.

Recall, according to the GMK Center analytics, the potential of Ukraine for the production of cast iron is up to 2 million tons per year. This will allow you to replace the entire volume of cast iron supplies and about 70% of HBI imports used as raw materials by electric stalled plants. That is, in the event of a prohibition of imports of ferrous metallurgy products from Russia, Ukraine will be able to restore the volume of cast iron exports to the pre -war level.