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Again heavy attacks – Kyiv wants to halve the oil price limit
In view of unprecedented Russian attacks from the air, the EU wants to raise new sanctions against Russia’s oil sector. Kyiv demands more. The attacks continue violently.
Once again there were dead and dozens of injuries in Russian air raids on Ukraine at night. According to media reports, at least two people were killed in a violent drone attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Charkiw, and more than 50 people were injured.
The attack follows a number of massive air strikes of the past few days. Against this background, the EU is driving new sanctions against Russia’s oil sector. Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj asks the western industrialized countries to halve their top price for Russian oil.
The upper oil price limit is intended to limit Russia’s income from oil exports without endangering the global energy supply. Western states are only allowed to buy Russian oil if the price does not exceed this upper limit.
Children among the injured
It was only on the night of Monday that Russia had covered neighboring Ukraine with the largest drone attack since the beginning of the war. A few days ago, the most violent attack on Kharkiw was reported with several dead and numerous injuries.
In the new attacks this night, eight children were among the injured, as the “Kyiv Independent” portal reported, citing Mayor Ihor Terechow. He reported, for example, about residential buildings, playgrounds and shops as well as a major fire. According to the RBK-Ukraine news agency, buildings were also damaged by companies.
EU presents new sanctions – Selenskyj demands more
The price limit for Russian oil is currently $ 60 per barrel. Selenskyj wants to halve them. “Each of our partners knows which price cover is necessary – $ 30 (per barrel),” he said in his evening video message. Selenskyj referred to the EU Commission’s proposal to reduce the price limit to $ 45.
According to Selenskyj’s Russia, the halving would actually put pressure on peace. Moscow does not understand other motifs. He was in the picture that the West is currently negotiating a price compromise. “Start of the compromises towards Russia”, each of these compromises delayed peace, said Selenskyj.
The EU Commission had previously proposed new sanctions against Russia to meet the nuclear energy and banking sector. However, the member countries still have to agree to the measures. The government of Slovakia has already announced resistance to the 18th sanction package. Bratislava is bothered by the planned out for the import of gas, oil and nuclear fuel.
G7 meetings are considered directional
“The upper oil price limit is a measure of the G7 coalition, so at the end of this week or early next week we will advise you at the G7 summit in Canada about how we want to proceed together,” said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The summit of the seven western industrialized nations (G7) will take place on June 15th to 17th in Canada. Members of the “Group of Seven” are Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada and the USA. US President Donald Trump is also expected.
Trump waiting towards Russia
Trump himself has previously avoided new sanctions against Russia and instead increased the pressure on the attacked Ukraine. This is intended to achieve a termination of the war. In contrast to his predecessor Joe Biden, Trump does not see himself as a supporter of Ukraine, but as a mediator.
However, a new sanction package against Russia is currently being prepared in the US Senate. And Trump also showed himself dissatisfied with the violent Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities.
Integrating the attack of the Russians recently increased steadily
Russia had only covered neighboring Ukraine on Monday night with the largest drone attack since the beginning of the war. 479 types of Shahed and their dummies, 4 hyper-sound rockets of the Kin scarf, 14 different marching aircraft and 2 air-floor rockets of the type CH-31, were used, as the Ukrainian air weapon announced. The information cannot be checked independently. There had been several injuries.
Before that, there were also several nights with a record number of drones. According to Selenskyjs, the attacks with ever higher drones are no reaction to the Ukrainian coup against the strategic bomber fleet of Russia at the beginning of the month. Russia has been using more and more weapons in the attacks for months, emphasized Selenskyj. The trend is steady and witness that Russia is not interested in peace.
Moscow reports shooting several drones
In the Central Russian region of Woronech, the air defense caught at least five Ukrainian drones, as the news agency Tass wrote, citing the local governor Alexander Gussew. There were no injuries or damage. According to the air traffic authority, air traffic at the airports at two airports in Kaluga and Saratow was temporarily restricted, according to Tass.
Merz accuses Russia of “terror against the civilian population”
On Tuesday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the recent attacks as “terror against the civilian population” and “the most severe war crimes”. “Russia has targeted the civilian population with numerous drones and marching air bodies,” said the CDU politician after a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Berlin. This is “anything but a proportionate answer to the very precise Ukrainian blows” against military goals last week.
dpa
Source: Stern
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