DAVOS, Switzerland — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged the global community to impose further sanctions on Russia, as he accused the West of costing tens of thousands of lives by not targeting Russia earlier.
During a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelenskyy called for an immediate ban on Russian oil — a barely veiled reference to the EU’s ongoing failure to agree on a sixth package of sanctions which initially aimed to include Russian oil.
“There should be a Russian oil embargo, all the Russian banks should be blocked”, Zelenskyy said, while demanding that international businesses completely pull out of Russia.
He also lambasted leaders for not...
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