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The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, in a press conference given yesterday together with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said that if European countries stop buying oil from Russia, then Vladimir Putin will withdraw from the war.
"Very simply, if the price of oil drops, Putin will back down, he will have no choice, he will back down from that war. I am willing to do other things, but not when the people I am fighting for are buying oil from Russia. If the price of oil drops, very simply, Russia will comply ," Trump said.
Trump previously said the war in Ukraine would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia.
Turkey has been the third-largest buyer of Russian oil since 2023, after China and India, according to the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air, with fellow members Hungary and Slovakia also buying energy supplies from Moscow.
Following Trump's statements, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted on social media, writing that high 'pressure' will force Russia and President Putin to stop the war.
"Hard pressure works," he wrote in a post on X after thanking Australia for lowering the maximum price of Russian oil and sanctioning ships in its shadow fleet.
"We now look forward to a strong 19th package of EU sanctions and decisive steps from the United States. Russia will stop the war only if the pressure against it is painful enough," he said.
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