The new phase of russia's war against Ukraine, which has already begun, will be different and Ukraine has approached it being stronger.
The Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak wrote about this in a column for nv.ua.
"russia's blitzkrieg has failed because our army and people thwarted all the Kremlin's plans. The armed forces are getting more effective weapons, the issue of land lease is moving from the abstract-theoretical to the practical area, the banking system has survived, attempts to create a food and fuel crisis have failed”, –the column reads.
Yermak noted that Russia's ability to fight depends, in particular, on another front - sanctions.
"The purpose of the restrictions is to force Russia to stop its aggression through economic levers. In the struggle of the russian refrigerator with the TV, the instinct of self-preservation must win. We must make sanctions work - without failures and imitations. We have to make them "necessary" - that is, those that can not be bypassed, "- added the Head of the OPU.
Yermak added that the Yermak-McFaul group's sanctions plan has already been developed and is available to our allies, and the proposals are part of US sanctions.
"The oil embargo, the sanctions pressure on the banking system, the recognition of russia as a sponsor of terrorism - all this is there. We have already used the opportunity of the presidency in the European Energy Community, which Ukraine received in 2022, and formally submitted to this organization a proposal to impose a full oil and gas embargo on the russian federation", - said Yermak.
The US and European Union officials are discussing options to reduce russia's revenue from oil sales.
Most EU countries are taking steps to reduce Russian energy imports to limit the Kremlin's ability to finance the war. Only Hungary unequivocally refuses to do so.
In March, EU leaders have promised to cut 66 percent of russia's gas consumption by the end of this year and break the bloc's dependence on russian energy resources by 2027. Russian oil is already banned by the United States and Britain.