Ukraine using strikes on oil facilities to keep pressure on Russia

Ukraine is using long-range strikes on energy infrastructure to maintain pressure on Russia after international oil sanctions on Moscow were eased this

month in the wake of the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.



Washington issued a 30-day waiver this month for countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at sea in an effort to stabilise global energy markets roiled by the conflict in the Middle East.



Ukraine's European allies, who want to maintain pressure on Russia to end its four-year-old war, have criticised the move by Washington.



Asked about an escalation in recent days of Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, Zelenskiy noted the shift in international sanctions policy: "The pressure on Russia in the world is decreasing."



"Therefore, unlike most countries in the world, Ukraine has its own sanctions: its long-range capabilities," he told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday.