when he loses the very important revenue from oil and gas sales to europe. he s talking about intensifying sales to other customers, particularly those in asia. ultimately, of course, it will hit russia hard but vladimir putin knows it s going to take some time to really see europe making an actualfinal decision on what it s going to do and really turn its back on russian oil and gas. germany opposes an overnight ban on russian oil, saying it would spark a recession. but berlin backs the eu s plan for a phased in embargo, saying the country could now survive the economic hit. 0ur berlin correspondent damien mcguinness reports from schwedt, a town on the german polish border, that is still dependent on russian oil. since soviet days, russian oil has
ultimately, of course, it will hit russia hard but vladimir putin knows it s going to take some time to really see europe making an actualfinal decision on what it s going to do and really turn its back on russian oil and gas. let s talk about what s going on on the battlefield at the moment. the ukrainian defence ministry were saying in the last two or three hours that russia is really stepping up the tempo of its offensive here, some 50 air strikes, they say, yesterday alone. what would you read into that, because there s a lot of talk about the victory day parade on the 9th may in russia, when president putin wants to present good news from the battlefield to his people. that s the may 9th parade that commemorates russia s victory over nazi germany in the second world war. i think there are two things going on here. after a pretty bungled attempt at an invasion