Oleg Ustenko told Newsweek that the EU's repeated failure to embargo Russian energy is 'completely unacceptable' for Kyiv.
are anticipated in other settlements across the Russian axes of invasion, not least in besieged and brutalized Mariupol where the mayor said this week that some 130,000 people remain trapped.
"It's unbelievable that somebody still can discuss the issue of how bad it's going to be for the economy, when our people are killed and our people are tortured by the Russian army and Putin's Russia." Even Russian coal—considered a lesser hurdle than oil and gas—will escape a ban until mid-August, according to Reuters, following discussions in Brussels this week. Calls for an immediate ban were defeated, reportedly thanks largely to German efforts.
"I wouldn't say that there is no consensus in Europe. Our belief is that Europe as a whole is already prepared, even was prepared, to do that. But we see huge barriers coming from the German side.
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