President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. File photoMOSCOW, April 12Vladimir Zelensky called on the European Union to set specific deadlines for the EU countries to give up Russian gas and oil. against Russia, you need it now, without waiting for the acceptance of new packages.German Foreign Minister: if Serbia wants to join the EU, it must impose sanctions against the Russian Federation «The EU can do this and must, by all means, include oil there, sanction Russian banks, but all, not a part. Specific deadlines must be determined for each EU country, in order to really refuse or at least significantly limit the consumption of Russian gas and oil,» Zelensky said in his address. He noted that some EU countries still cannot decide when they will at least limit the purchase of Russian energy. «Hundreds of European companies and banks not only have not refused to work on the Russian market so far, but they are also demonstrating blatant disrespect in response to demands to stop financing the Russian Federation,» Zelensky said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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. Khazin on the situation in the EU economy
