Ukraine, Zelensky: 'Sanctions on oil companies work, Russia faces $50bn losses'
According to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian troops have been further intensifying their attacks against the eastern city of Pokrovsk in recent hours
Sanctions against Russia's oil companies are working, Moscow risks losses of up to $50 billion a year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed in a post on X. He said he had received "preliminary and detailed intelligence assessments of the impact of our partners' new sanctions against Russia's war machine: there is a lot of information and based on this, we are adapting our communications with partners as we prepare for the new sanctions." "Sanctions against oil companies are already causing significant losses to Russia," he assured, "We expect that if the constant pressure on Moscow continues, the losses from the recently imposed measures alone will amount to at least $50 billion a year.
Zelensky is convinced that "the partners will also take further sanctioning measures: we are already receiving such signals", and assured that "the volumes of oil supplied to the global market by the Arab states can certainly prevent any destabilisation or price spikes that the Russians are talking about in order to sow fear". "We have also started a regular exchange of data with key countries about Russian individuals and programmes that should be sanctioned. And the partners are considering a significant part of our proposals. I am grateful for this," the Ukrainian president concluded. "The measures related to Russia's oil fleet, which we discussed with European leaders during the Coalition of the Willing meeting last week, must also be fully implemented".
Russia intensifies attacks further
Intanto, non si ferma la pressione militare russa sul fronte ucraino. Secondo le autorità ucraine, le truppe russe stanno intensificando ulteriormente i loro attacchi contro la città orientale di Pokrovsk. Le informazioni sono state confermate anche dal Comandante in Capo delle Forze Armate ucraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, su Telegram. L’Ucraina sta rafforzando le sue difese per respingere gli attacchi. “La massima priorità è salvare la vita dei nostri soldati”, ha aggiunto Syrskyi. Il presidente ucraino Volodymyr Zelensky ha riferito in serata che le forze russe hanno attaccato la centrale termoelettrica di Sloviansk nella regione del Donetsk: “Purtroppo, due persone sono state uccise. Le mie condoglianze. Ci sono persone ferite - ha precisato il leader ucraino -. Questo è puro terrore. La gente normale non combatte in questo modo, e il mondo deve rispondere in modo adeguato a una simile guerra russa”.
