Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants energy sanctions to be reinstated on Russia following a US-Iran ceasefire agreement that has opened the Strait of Hormuz waterway, vital to global energy supplies, AFP reports.

“Now a ceasefire is beginning in the Middle East and the Gulf. And I am waiting for sanctions on Russian oil to be fully reimposed, as they were before,” Zelensky said in comments released under embargo to journalists, including from AFP.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv on February 19 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP/File
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv on February 19 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP/File

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