Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the US to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.
Zelensky was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year war.
The meeting hosted by British PM Keir Starmer aimed to step up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks also addressed ways of helping protect Ukraine’s power grid from Russia’s almost daily strikes as winter approaches, enhancing Ukrainian air defences.
Zelensky said US’s decision this week to impose oil sanctions was “a big step,” and said “we have to apply pressure not only to Rosneft and Lukoil, but to all Russian oil companies.”
Putin aide Kirill Dmitriev said Friday he was in the US on an invitation “from the US side” for talks “planned a while ago”.
