Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is pushing for more sanctions against Moscow. “We must maintain the pressure on Russia” he said on Thursday at a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US Air Force base in Ramstein” he said.
We must ensure that Ukrainian soldiers receive the weapons they need. “That’s why sections are also important, and I ask all our partners, especially the US and the EU, to turn up the heat and put Russia’s energy sector under sanctions.” Above all, the Russian shadow fleet must be stopped.”
Russia’s 2025 war budget is 20 percent larger than in recent years, according to Zelenskyj. If one wants to stop the killing, one must get at Putin’s cash flow. “Putin will only think about peace when his inner circle tells him he has no more money.