European Union international locations will cease importing Russian oil and refined merchandise, the pinnacle of the bloc’s govt European Fee mentioned on Wednesday in proposing a sixth spherical of sanctions towards Moscow for waging a warfare on Ukraine.
“We are going to part out Russian provide of crude oil inside six months and refined merchandise by the top of the yr,” Ursula von der Leyen informed the European Parliament, prompting applause from lawmakers. “This will probably be an entire import ban on all Russian oil, seaborne and pipeline, crude and refined.”
“It won’t be simple. Some member states are strongly depending on Russian oil. However we merely should work on it,” von der Leyen mentioned of the proposal, which requires approval from all 27 EU countires to take impact.
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