The fact that the United States has decided to ease some sanctions on Russian oil will certainly not contribute to peace in Ukraine. This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, according to Reuters, during a visit to the Sciences Po university in the French capital, Paris.
- This one American relaxation could give Russia about ten billion dollars for the war, Zelensky said.
- It certainly does not contribute to achieving peace.
It is unclear how Zelensky came to the conclusion that the Russian gain from the eased sanctions could be ten billion dollars.
The United States has decided to temporarily allow other countries to buy Russian oil and Russian gasoline products that are in tankers at sea. This was announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday night.
The measure will be valid for 30 days and is intended as a short-term measure that, according to the minister, will do something about the rising oil prices caused by the war in Iran and the unrest in the Middle East - without benefiting Russia too much.
The Ukrainian president does not hide the fact that it is not to Ukraine's advantage that war has broken out in the Middle East after the US and Israel attacked Iran at the end of February.
The war in Ukraine simply receives less attention when there are new attacks across the Middle East every day.
- The war in the Middle East does not contribute anything good to Ukraine. It is understandable that the world's attention is focused on the Middle East, Zelenskyy says.
He adds that the fact that the Arab Gulf states have made a major cut in their weapons stockpiles because they have recently had to defend themselves against Iranian missile attacks risks worsening Ukraine's lack of air defense missiles. Like Ukraine, the United States supplies air defense systems to several states on the Arabian Peninsula, which are targets of Iranian attacks.
In addition to the fact that it is an economic advantage for Russia that the United States is easing its oil sanctions for a month, it is also beneficial for Russia and its oil industry that global oil prices have risen as a result of the unrest in the Middle East.
Prices have risen because a large part of the world's oil production is normally transported out through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been practically closed as a result of the war. The strait is located between Oman and Iran.
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