President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the European Union will still introduce an oil embargo against Russia. He stated this at a briefing after a meeting with the head of the European Council, Charles Michel..
According to the President, such a decision should be part of the sixth package of EU sanctions..
" We call for a complete energy embargo, including oil and gas imports. Oil should definitely enter the sixth package, without it, we believe that the package will not be powerful, but will be empty,"
Later, a German journalist noted the lack of unity in Europe regarding the ban on Russian energy, recalling Germany, which is not ready to impose an immediate embargo on oil from the Russian Federation.. However, the President of Ukraine expressed the opposite opinion..
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He added that the European Union managed to introduce a coal embargo, although it was postponed by four places due to the position of Germany..
According to Zelensky, the country will support the ban on oil under pressure from Europe and the United States.
“I think with regard to the oil embargo, thanks to the combined pressure of the countries of the European Union and the support of the United States and Britain, nevertheless Germany will do it,” the president summed up..
During the briefing, Zelensky also said that Ukraine had not received a draft document from Russia as part of the negotiations to end the war..