A top Ukrainian presidential adviser has called for ships with Russian fossil fuel cargo heading to UK ports to be blocked by Britons, saying they are involved in “ bloody money ”.... The conflict simply explained Sign The Independent’s petition to help the people of Ukraine Mr Zelensky’s chief economic adviser said he wanted to see further and faster action from the international community against Russian fossil fuels.... Dr Adnan Vatansever from the Russia Institute at King’s College London

Workers load grain in Izmail, Ukraine, in April.... In July, Russia pulled out of a wartime deal that allowed the export of grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea.... Russia has since blocked the movement of more than two dozen ships that were already loaded with enough Ukrainian grain to feed millions....

GENEVA( Reuters)-Nine out of 10 Ukrainians could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability if the war drags on over the next year, wiping out two decades of economic gains, the U.N. Development Programme( UNDP) said on Wednesday. Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, said that his agency was working with the Kyiv government to avoid a worst case scenario of the economy collapsing.... It aimed to provide cash transfers to families to buy food to survive and keep them from fleeing while proppi

Ukraine has declared it will suspend the flow of Russian gas through a transit passing through its country.... The conflict explained Sign The Independent’s petition to help the people of Ukraine A third of the Russian gas that passes through Ukraine will be suspended, Ukrainian gas operators has said( Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.... It has already decided to implement a full ban on Russian coal, but has not yet taken steps against Russian natural gas....

Oil prices surged on Wednesday after the European Union announced plans to ban all oil imports from Russia, saying president Vladimir Putin “ must pay a high price ” for his “ brutal aggression ” against Ukraine.... It has already decided to implement a full ban on Russian coal, but has not yet taken steps against Russian natural gas supplies.“ We will propose to ban all Russian oil from Europe, ” Ms von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg.... “ This will be a complete import

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