"The ongoing attack shows that Russia has not backed down from its plan against Ukraine," Zelensky told a regular news conference on Monday, local time. We need a new set of sanctions.
The President of Ukraine at a briefing called for a boycott of Russian exports. He referred in particular to the ban on the import of oil and petroleum products from within the country.
Meanwhile, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been a fuel oil crisis around the world. Meanwhile, the United States is on the verge of halting oil imports from the country. Russia accounts for 10 percent of all crude oil and petroleum products imported into the United States. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, said in a statement on Sunday that US lawmakers were working on a tough law to keep Russia in check. This could lead to a complete ban on Russian oil and fuel imports to the United States.
Under such circumstances, US officials negotiated with Venezuela over oil. The country will be on the side of Saudi Arabia on the same issue. The United States will ask Saudi Arabia to increase oil production, says AxisÂ
Representatives of the two countries are in the third round of talks to resolve the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Mikhail Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, tweeted before the meeting began at 4 pm local time in Kyiv. He called on Moscow to stop its attacks on Ukrainian civilians. The Khabar Al-Jazeera
In a tweet, Mikhail Podoliak said the delegation had not made any changes in the third round of talks with the Russian Federation.
Earlier, representatives of Russia and Ukraine held talks in two phases. The last meeting was held last Thursday. At the meeting, the two sides agreed to allow the safe evacuation of civilians.
In the last few days after the meeting, Russia announced a two-point ceasefire to allow civilians to leave the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine. However, it did not succeed. The two countries have blamed each other for this.
In the meantime, Russia has announced that it will cease firing to allow residents of four Ukrainian cities to leave safely. In addition to Mariupol, the cities include Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Sumi. The first meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations took place on 26 February. There was no solution in that meeting which lasted for about five hours. After the dialogue, the delegates returned to their home countries.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba will meet during the ongoing Russian offensive. The two will meet next Thursday in the Turkish city of Antalya, according to Turkish media reports.
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky about the safe repatriation of Indians detained in various cities including Ukraine. He also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, shortly after he met with Zelensky. According to official sources, the two presidents have assured the Indian Prime Minister of all possible assistance in this regard.
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