kyiv is preparing to send 45 buses on Thursday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, a besieged city in southeastern Ukraine where Moscow has announced a truce, announced Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky addressed by video link not only the Belgian Parliament but also the Dutch Parliament on Thursday.
In the Nederlands, Mr Zelensky called on Dutch MPs to be open to the idea of a boycott of Russian gas and oil. “Be prepared to shut down energy from Russia“. For the Ukrainian president, all trade with Russia should be suspended.”So that you don’t finance the war with billions“.
He also addressed the Belgian deputies at 2:15 p.m. “I think peace is much more valuable than Russian diamonds, gas and oil“, he launched in front of the Belgian Parliament.
On the Russian side, Vladimir Putin has announced that countries hostile to Russia will have to pay for gas tomorrow in rubles. A decision that notably challenges Olaf Scholz who ensures that Europe will continue to pay for Russian gas in euros or dollars. Germany and France announced “I know to prepare“to a potential stoppage of Russian gas imports.
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