At the same time, the White House representative noted that at the moment the United States does not intend to introduce measures that could disrupt the supply of energy resources to European countries.
The United States seeks to limit Russia’s ability to produce oil and gas in the long term, but at the moment there are no plans for sanctions measures that could disrupt energy supplies to European countries. About it declared Deputy Director of the National Economic Council of the White House Duleep Singh.
“Our measures were not designed to in any way disrupt the current supply of energy resources from Russia to the rest of the world. As for the long-term production capabilities of Russia, we are trying to weaken these opportunities, but in the short term nothing [не планируется] energy,” he said.
According to him, all the already imposed sanctions were developed in coordination with the EU, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain. He noted that they are aimed at slowing down Russia’s economic growth and reducing its military capabilities.
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In Ukraine, since the morning of February 24, a military operation has been ongoing with the participation of the Russian military. President Vladimir Putin announced that its holding was caused by the need to prevent “genocide by the Kiev regime”, as well as the “denazification” of the country. “We were simply left no chance to do otherwise. Security risks have created such that it was impossible to respond by other means, ”the president noted.