"No choice": Ukraine passes through its territory oil from the Russian Federation to press the Kremlin - WP

According to journalists, Ukraine is in a difficult situation. The country needs money, but contracts with the Russian Federation bring millions of dollars to the Kremlin and help finance its military car. Despite the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ukraine still passes Russian oil and gas through its territory. Kiev insists that it has virtually no choice but to maintain its own commercial agreements with Moscow. About it writes The Washington Post.

According to unnamed Ukrainian officials, contracts with the Russian Federation give some levers of influence on the Kremlin and help limit the places where Russian military is inflicting air strikes. It is reported that Alexey Chernyshov, the Executive Director of Naftogaz, acknowledged that Ukraine is still conducting cases with Russia.

Ukraine cannot and should not close the pipelines both in order to claim residual income and because some of the European supporters of Kiev still depends on Russian oil and gas. The journalists noted that, according to the secret documents of the Pentagon, which got to the network, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy allegedly considered the possibility of blasting the Druzhba pipeline.

However, US officials doubted the seriousness of the threats that could be a flash of dissatisfaction with Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who voiced the pro-Kremlin positions. According to sources, Ukraine is in a difficult situation. Contracts bring millions of dollars to the Kremlin and help to finance the military car of the Russian Federation. However, Ukraine itself also requires the money it earns in transit is a good partner for European countries.

Recall that Spiegel magazine reported that India and Turkey help Russia export oil. Sea ports in India take about 70 tankers with oil from the Russian Federation on a monthly basis. In April, this country ahead of Saudi Arabia as a supplier, although it does not have large oil reserves, KPler experts say. In addition, on May 24 it became known that Ukraine stops electricity exports to the EU.