Ukrainian servicemen in KyivLONDON, Mar 28 Volodymyr Zelensky's economic adviser Oleg Ustenko threatened lawsuits against companies and countries that have not abandoned Russian oil. Ustenko told the British television channel Sky News that, despite the US embargo on Russian oil, Europe «still does not do the same.» According to him, the situation is «completely unacceptable».The UAE announced the impossibility of replacing oil supplies from RussiaAccording to the adviser, the purchase of Russian gas is financing the conflict in Ukraine. «We are going to sue everyone who financed the murder of our people,» Ustenko said. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak previously noted that even just discussing Europe's refusal of Russian oil is negative for the market, he immediately reacts to this. According to him, without Russian oil and gas, the world will collapse, and prices will be unpredictable. Renunciation of Russian oil and gas will entail colossal consequences for the European and world economies, said Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Department for Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to him, Europe is very dependent on Russian gas and oil. Even if it moves to total savings, finds suppliers in other regions of the world and switches to renewable energy sources, «in the most ideal scenario» it will be able to replace only 80% of energy resources, he noted, emphasizing that in reality even less. Russia launched a military operation on Ukraine February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
