Shafaq News/ The US State Department announced on Friday that the UnitedStates has imposed "the harshest" sanctions on Russia's oil and gassectors, which, according to a US official, will cost Russia billions ofdollars per month.
The State Department added that the sanctions target eight individuals andentities in Russia linked to the production and export of oil and gas, aimingto deprive Russia of energy resources to undermine its ability to finance itswar against Ukraine.
According to Reuters, US has imposed sanctions on more than 180 oil tankers,many of which are part of what is known as Russia’s "shadow fleet."
This fleet is believed to consist of older, unsafe tankers used to secretlytransport oil and goods in an effort to bypass Western sanctions on Moscow.
An American official stated that Russia will "do its utmost to evadethe sanctions, but doing so will pile on costs."
The official also predicted that the new sanctions could cost Russiabillions of dollars per month.
Meanwhile, the UK imposed sanctions on two major Russian oil producers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the new U.S. sanctions onRussia, calling them "a strong blow to the financial foundation of theRussian war machine by disrupting the entire supply chain."
Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been waging a military assault onUkraine, with Moscow demanding that Kyiv abandon its NATO membership ambitions,which Ukraine views as interference in its internal affairs.
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