United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday said nothing was off the table when asked about whether his country would ban Russian oil and gas in response to the Kremlin’s military campaign in Ukraine.
According to the White House, it was balancing concerns with the global oil market and Americans’ needs when considering whether to include the energy sector in the measures it had been taking against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
Meanwhile, Russian forces renewed their brutal aerial attack on the seventh day of invading Ukraine amid unprecedented sanctions by the US and its allies in Europe on the Kremlin. From closed airspace to frozen assets, Western countries announced severe economic sanctions against Vladimir Putin, his relatives and inner circle — and on the Russian economy. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said more than 2,000 civilians were killed since the invasion, but an AP report said the figures could not immediately be independently verified. Also, neither had yet disclosed its military casualties.
