In Germany and across the European Union, support is growing to stop the flow of Russian oil and gas, and deliver Ukraine heavy weapons. But Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears more hesitant, which is making even some of his allies impatient.
territories in uj rein. so the world have to be bold and strong in deciding to supply both offensive weapon to ukrainians. the third i ll mention is an economic one. look, europeans have to realize that this overdependence on the russian gas and oil is just a disaster for the european economy and for the european security. an expert in an interview just an hour ago she said less than $1 billion russia gets out of oil and gas sales. here is the thing. more than $1 billion. every single day russian russia s war machine is feeded with more than $1 billion received from the eu and another states who are purchasing russian oil and gas. so an energy embargo. and very tough sanctions have to be imposed.
weapons delivery at this point in ukraine? it is very hard to track with the gap is between what ukraine needs, wants, and what s the allies are actively trying to deliver. sometimes it seems like they may be moving more slowly than they should, but it is hard to tell. that is right. just today, yesterday my time, here in kyiv, i was at the presidential compound for the meeting between president zelenskyy and ursula von der leyen, the head of the european commission. president zelenskyy, there was a tough moment in that meeting when he said, he thanked her, gave a very held felt things for the health of the european union has provided, but that is not enough in terms of weapons delivery, in terms of sanctions against russia, in terms of the energy embargo that ukraine has been pushing for. and you know, i think this attack just in the last hours,
there is difficulty in tracking ukraine s needs and wants, and tracking what the allies are trying to deliver. sometimes it seems like maybe they may be moving more slowly than they should. but it is hard to tell. that is right. just today yesterday, my time here in kyiv there was a meeting between president zelenskyy and ursula von der leyen. i was there. president zelenskyy there was a tough moment in that meeting where he thanked her, and gave her a very heartfelt thanks for all the help from the european union. but he said it s not enough. not enough in terms of sanctions, weapons deliveries or the energy embargo that ukraine has been pushing for. i think this attack in crematoriums kramatorsk shows
imposed gradually. and he was giving kind of a chance that, you know, if he can use his diplomatic influence, he may avoid the sanctions. now as of yesterday sorry, today, it s a clear signal that western countries decided to impose like maximum sanctions on russia.it s only question of time how when russia will feel the full effect of the sanctions. only matter of time. so that could happen quite soon. it will not happen immediately. it cannot stop the war now. but it clearly will have a very devastating effect in the mid and long-term. putin knows about this. this is very important. i would wish that that would be also complemented by the e.u. decision on energy embargo on