MOSCOW, Mar 30 The world's largest commodity companies should share with Ukraine their excess profits received due to the conflict, said the head of the Ministry of Energy of the country Herman Galushchenko in an interview with Politico.< br />“Many energy companies are making huge windfall profits because of the war. We have estimated it at over $200 billion. <…> I think it would be fair to share this money with Ukraine. I mean, to help us rebuild the energy sector,” the Ukrainian official said.
As the publication notes, the amount named by Galushko is often referred to as the profit for 2022 of the five leading companies — BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Total and Shell.
The minister also urged the West to «close loopholes» in the sanctions relating to the sale of Russian energy resources. According to him, Kyiv can provide alternative nuclear fuel so that EU countries can get rid of dependence on supplies from Russia.
Since October 10, the Russian army has been launching missile attacks on energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities throughout Ukraine. Vladimir Putin said that this was a response to the terrorist attack by the Kiev regime on the Crimean bridge and other attacks on civilian targets in Russia. direct damage to the energy system of Ukraine is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, while economic losses are in the billions.