Ukrainian official: Ukraine wants full energy embargo on Russia

Kyiv hopes the European Union will impose an embargo on Russian gas and oil and wants Ukraine and Europe to “completely abandon Russian energy resources,” a senior member of the Ukrainian parliament said on Thursday, according to Reuters.

Andriy Gerus, who heads parliament’s Energy and Utility Committee, said he expected Ukraine’s fuel supply to improve by mid-May and that the country had a carbon surplus. He expects Kyiv to have to start re-importing gas during the summer to fill storage facilities for the next heating season.

“Once European countries stop buying Russian gas, we will be happy to stop transporting it to Europe,” he said online. “We support the EU embargo on both oil and gas and coal, and we hope that in time Ukraine and Europe will be able to completely abandon Russian energy resources.”

Source: Capital

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