Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s war machine can be ‘choked’ by taking Russian oil off market, say Kyiv allies
More than 20 countries supporting Ukraine have vowed to remove Russian oil and gas from global markets in a coordinated effort to increase pressure on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the war.
“We’re choking off funding for Russia’s war machine,” said prime minister Keir Starmer after the “Coalition of the Willing” summit in London on Friday. Sir Keir added that the UK’s missile plan is “accelerating” in a bid to support Ukraine.
The pledge comes just days after the UK and the US sanctioned Russia’s two biggest oil companies, while the EU targeted Moscow’s liquefied natural gas exports to bring Mr Putin to the negotiating table.
Volodymyr Zelensky met with world leaders at the summit in an effort to push for long-range missiles that can strike deep inside Russia. Sir Keir said the group also discussed ways of helping protect Ukraine’s power grid from Russia’s almost daily drone and missiles attacks as winter approaches.
Mr Zelensky added Russia would aim to use the cold winter as a tool to pressure Kyiv as he urged allies to introduce sanctions against all Russian oil companies, its shadow fleet and oil terminals to disrupt Moscow’s ability to fund its war.
