In addition to the human cost of the war, Ukraine's efforts to defend itself from Russia are placing a severe financial burden on the country that it can only bear with outside help, a top Ukrainian government economist says.
“Providing financing for us and actually providing us with ammunition and with weapons is extremely important,” he said. “But equally important is continuing to make sure that the country which is doing this aggression against us is really cut off from all possible financing.”
In Berlin to press German politicians to back tougher sanctions on Moscow, the economist said this included bringing forward the EU’s embargo on Russian oil currently scheduled to take effect on Dec. 5.should ensure that payments are limited to the cost of production. Several European countries that have relied strongly on Russian gas over the years, such as Germany, have already been cut off from supplies by Moscow.
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