photo co-opU.S. Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said on the 6th (local time) that Russia is discussing a ban on Russia’s oil exports as one of the measures to further sanction Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Blincoln, who is visiting Europe, appeared on CNN on the same day and said, “I had a phone call with President Joe Biden and his cabinet members on exactly this issue yesterday.” We are making sure that there is sufficient oil supply in both markets. We are actively discussing this issue.”
“We are adding sanctions every day,” he said.
“We are seeing very credible reports that Russia intentionally attacked civilians in Ukraine,” he said, referring to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) investigation into war crimes in Ukraine. pertains to,” he said.
“We have previously received credible reports of the use of certain weapons,” he said.
“Winning a battle doesn’t mean winning a war, and taking over a city doesn’t mean that he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) has the hearts of the Ukrainian people,” he said.
Secretary Blincoln appeared on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ and CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ one following another, saying, “We are staying in Europe and working closely with our allies on measures to increase pressure on Russia through additional sanctions.” .
“All these measures are being actively discussed and will be implemented soon,” he added.
In response to Russia’s request for written assurances that Western sanctions should not affect cooperation between Russia and Iran during the Iran nuclear deal, which is said to be imminent, Blincoln said: It has nothing to do with it.”
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference on the previous day that “there is a need for assurance that the sanctions do not in any way affect the trade, economic and investment relations included in the Iran nuclear deal.” Warranty has been requested.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Russia announced that it would attack Ukrainian defense facilities with precision strike weapons.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing that “we will attack defense industrial facilities in Ukraine with long-range weapons capable of precision strikes,” adding that “the staff of these facilities must be evacuated.”
“The Ukrainian regime is forcing workers in the defense industry to repair malfunctioning military equipment that might be sent to combat zones,” said Konashenkov.
He also claimed that it was confirmed that the Ukrainian military was developing a military biology program with US funding during the military operation.
Konashenkov also warned that any country providing airfields to Ukraine would be considered involved in the war. “I know that Ukrainian fighters recently flew from neighboring countries, such as Romania,” he said.
