Ukraine held a briefing on the shadow tanker fleet of the Russian Federation: what was discussed

In Ukraine, a briefing was held, dedicated to increasing sanctions pressure on the terrorist country due to its use of a shadow tanker fleet for oil export. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, reports UNN.

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The event brought together representatives of diplomatic missions from more than 20 countries of the world, including EU states, Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Poland, India, Japan, as well as a number of other important international partners.

The key topics of discussion were the efforts of Ukraine and its allies in the sphere of limiting Russian oil revenues. This industry is one of the main sources of financing military aggression. Last year, a shadow fleet of more than 600 vessels is estimated to have transported 90% of Russian oil, bringing the aggressor $180 billion in revenue.

Particular attention was paid to the strengthening of the sanctions regime, including the reduction of the maximum price for Russian oil to $40 per barrel, the introduction of restrictions against ship captains and companies that service this fleet, as well as the strengthening of control over tanker insurance.

Ukraine also emphasized the need to introduce an EU embargo on the import of Russian liquefied gas, the volume of which reached record levels last year. It is expected that this issue will be included in the 16th package of sanctions, which is planned to be adopted in February.

The importance of the recent US and UK sanctions against large Russian oil companies, which account for a significant share of oil exports by sea, was noted separately.

Ukraine called on the international community to continue the pressure in order to make it impossible to further finance aggression at the expense of petrodollars.

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