Zelensky: Trump can influence European governments, buying Russian oil

The President announced this during a conversation with journalists, according to a Ukrinform correspondent.

"For our part, we are working with European countries to encourage them to increasingly refuse Russian energy resources. But ensuring this is a very difficult process. The main thing is the result. I believe that, on the contrary, if President Trump takes serious steps, he will push some European countries that are involved in the energy economy with Russia," Zelensky said.

In his opinion, Trump is capable of significantly influencing the governments of some European countries on the issue of energy resources, because “everyone looks up to the United States.”

"We believe that, for example, the Slovaks will be close to this. Everyone looks up to the United States, in my opinion. Orban cannot remain alone. And it's not just Orban or Hungary, by the way. Hungary and Slovakia. Some other countries also provide the infrastructure for all this, for Russian energy resources," the President said.

As reported by Ukrinform, yesterday, September 19, the European Commission approved proposals for the 19th package of EU sanctions against Russia. The first area to which sanctions will be applied, according to the European Commission's proposal, is energy.

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