The European Union should impose a real embargo on Russian oil, said Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. He added that any mixture with Russian oil should be considered as 100% Russian oil..
“If world leaders and businesses are serious about ending Russian war crimes, they must first rid Putin of oil revenues.. Enough excuses and half measures while Ukrainians are bombed, killed, tortured, raped. Russian oil is full of Ukrainian blood. Stop buying it! "
He stressed that the EU should impose a real embargo on Russian oil.. The Foreign Minister drew attention to the fact that Russia is desperately trying to circumvent the already imposed restrictions.
“To be clear: any mixture containing any Russian oil should be considered as 100% Russian oil. Don't let the Russians cheat on the restrictions,"
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Earlier, Ukraine officially appealed to the Energy Community Secretariat, the European Union and the countries participating in the Energy Cooperation Treaty with a proposal to impose a ban on the import of energy resources from the Russian Federation.
Before that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed the opinion that the sixth package of EU sanctions would include an embargo on Russian oil..
The fact that sooner or later the European Union will have to take measures against the import of gas and oil from Russia, said the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly called for eliminating dependence on Russian gas and oil:
he believes that Russia allows itself to attack other countries, because it is sure that Western countries depend on its oil and gas and will not be able to normally resist its actions. To reduce dependence on Russian gas, Germany agreed to cooperate in the energy sector with Qatar.
From Russian oil refused, in particular, the United States and Denmark. In the second half of March, four of the world's largest oilfield services companies exited the Russian market: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford.