Europe rebukes US for temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil

[Uncle Joe]

German chancellor says decision is wrong and that pressure on Putin over Ukraine war should be increased

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The pushback from Europe came as Trump admitted for the first time that Russia had been assisting Iran during the conflict, in an interview with Fox Radio.

“[Putin] might be helping a little bit, yeah, I guess,” said Trump. “And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine, right?” Trump said, referring to reports by several US media outlets that Russia had provided targeting information to Iran for attacking American forces during the ongoing conflict.

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“There is nothing good for Ukraine in the war in the Middle East. It’s understandable that the attention of the world moving to Middle East. It’s not good for us,” Zelenskyy told students in Paris.

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Lloyd’s List, which issues information on global maritime and shipping logistics intelligence, said on Friday that tankers carrying Russian oil were being immediately rerouted to India, due to sanctions having been lifted. Analysts for Lloyd’s List said the Kremlin would benefit financially from the move.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/13/iran-war-oil-prices-russian-sanctions-lifted

[Bayard]

1. I am glad Europe has leaders who are intelligent, and uncorrupted