Zelensky: Ban on imports to US to weaken Russia economically, politically, ideologically

In his address, Zelensky informed that the United States took a step on March 8 that would significantly weaken Russia, make it pay for aggression and be responsible for the evil it had done.

The United States bans imports of oil from Russia, petroleum products, gas, coal and prohibits US citizens from any investment in Russia's fuel and energy sector.

The President of Ukraine thanked personally to U.S. President Joe Biden for this decision, the most powerful signal to the whole world. “It is very simple: every penny paid to Russia turns into bullets and projectiles that fly to other sovereign states. Either Russia will respect international law and will not wage wars, or it will not have the money to start wars. Another gas station will be found. But it's not just about the money. A ban on oil imports to the United States will weaken the terrorist state economically, politically and ideologically. Because it is about freedom, about the future. About where the world will go,” Zelensky noted.

As noted, the United Kingdom also bans the import of oil and petroleum products from Russia.

Zelensky thanked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the principled position in difficult times.

The President said that speaking in the British Parliament on March 8, he mentioned other but yet similar difficult times. “1940, when tyranny threatened what it considered a small island. And it was sure that the island would not withstand brutal blows, bombings and a blockade. And it turned out that the island could do more than that tyranny. Because it had wisdom. And endurance. And friends. And strength. And it believed in the future, the future of its own and the future of freedom in Europe. As we believe. As we fight. And as we will win,” the President of Ukraine summed up.

On February 24, Russian president Putin launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops kill civilians, shell and destroy key infrastructure, and missiles hit Ukrainians' homes.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization.

Ukraine officially filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.

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