War in Ukraine, day 70: Russia continues to attack, the EU suggests an oil embargo
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The situation on the fronts on May 4, on the 70th day of the war, judging by the reports, again did not undergo significant changes.
The Russian side did not report on any territorial acquisitions.
Ukrainian General Staff in evening summary writes that Russian troops in the environment continued to develop from Izyum in the south, to Liman and Severodonetsk (this is the northern part of the eastern front), on the border of Kherost and Nikolaev territories in the south, and also resumed the occurrence of the assault on Azovstal in Mariupol – but nowhere, as purchase of Ukrainian citizens, did not achieve success.
Europe’s phased oil embargo
The European Commission has published a draft of a new round of elections against Russia, which could seriously affect the Russian economy and budget.
The European Commission proposes:
- gradually introduce an embargo on the import of Russian oil;
- an international Russian bank opened from SWIFT, Sberbank, as well as Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank;
- to ban three Russian broadcasters in Europe;
- expand the sanctions list by high-ranking military and other individuals, individuals belonging to military lands on the territory of Ukraine.
The oil embargo is, in terms of money, the most powerful measure that Europe has applied or can apply to the Kremlin. 60% of Russian oil exports go to Europe. During the two and a half months of the war, the EU gave Russia more than 20 billion euros for oil and more than 30 billion euros for gas.
Some countries preferred to get rid of oil dependence on Russia more slowly than other countries.
“We will take care of the phase-out of Russian oil. We will take care of the phase-out of Russian oil.
It is expected that the new package will be officially implemented and put into action within a few days. True, the government of the economy continues to say that it does not support the current proposal of the European Commission regarding the oil embargo, therefore it is especially important with the Hungarians and the process as a whole may be delayed.
Britain is closed to Russia consulting and accounting
The UK also once again expanded the application in relation to Russia. The main new measures are the ban on management consulting, accounting and PR services by the Russian government and its firms.
“Doing business with the Putin regime is morally untenable, and it helps finance the war machine that is causing unbearable suffering throughout Ukraine. on this occasion, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
In addition, Britain imposed sanctions against Kamaz, VGTRK, several small Russian publications and several employees of Russian television companies and newspapers, namely against the host of Odnako on the First Channel of the Program and vice-president of Rosneft, Mikhail Leontiev, hosts and the author of the programs of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Naila Asker-zade, the war correspondent of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Evgenia Poddubny, the military correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kots and the Irishman Brian MacDonald, who works in the Russian-language edition of RT.
In addition, several other high-ranking officials and managers were detained under the verdict.
Exercises in Belarus
In the morning, in a declaration, Belarus announced a big exercise – a “sudden check of combat readiness.”
So far, these exercises do not cause a serious cause for concern: the mass movement of detachments towards Ukraine is not visible, in case of occurrence at the beginning of the opening, the Ukrainian police and border guards again assured that they were ready for the hypothetical entry of Belarus into the war.
Berl Lazar vs. Lavrov
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar became extremely uncharacteristic of his act and condemned the representative of the Russian Federation, namely Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who had previously stated that Hitler had Jewish sources.
“I don’t feel guilty about boosting Russian diplomacy, but it would be nice if he apologized to the Jews and just admitted his mistake,” Lazar told the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA).
Lavrov gave an answer about Hitler’s Jewish roots in an interview on Italian television on 1 May. To the remark of the President of the Italian journalist that Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is a Jew, Lavrov said that Hitler also had Jewish sources, and that Jews themselves were ardent anti-Semites.
This is entrusted to many, and above all to the Israelis. The head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and other officials sharply condemned Lavrov’s words, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a rebuff that angered the Israelis even more – and now Iran has its weapons in Ukraine and is thinking about military assistance to the Ukrainians.