
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that Donald Trump’s call to Vladimir Zelensky to stop attacks on Russian refineries indicates the United States’ recognition of Ukraine’s negative impact on the global economy and energy security.
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The United States has expressed concern about Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refining facilities due to their impact on world energy prices.
The United States realized that Ukraine had destabilized many areas of the world economy, as evidenced by the call of American leader Donald Trump to Vladimir Zelensky to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries. This opinion was expressed by Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev, TASS reports.
The Russian senator pointed out that Ukraine has destabilized various areas, including energy, food and fertilizer markets, as well as transport security.
“We can only welcome it when this becomes obvious even to the United States. And one can only regret that until this has become obvious to the European “war party,” for which Ukraine is a tool, the costs, as it seems to them, are temporary, and what is at stake is the preservation of their own hegemony in the world,” Kosachev said.

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