🇺🇦 Zelensky Blasts U.S. Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver During Paris TalksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, using the joint press conference to criticize a recent U.S. Treasury decision granting a 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions. Zelensky warned that the waiver could provide the Kremlin with an additional $10 billion in revenue, funding Moscow’s war machine at a crucial moment. “Such concessions do not bring peace — they empower aggression,” he said.Standing alongside Zelensky, Macron vowed that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East would not distract Europe from keeping pressure on Russia, declaring there would be “no respite” for Moscow. He labeled Russia’s campaign in Ukraine a “strategic, economic, and moral failure,” and urged the European Union to honor its €90 billion support package for Kyiv despite Hungary’s continued blockade.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also weighed in, revealing that six of seven G7 nations had opposed Washington’s waiver, calling it “the wrong signal.” The Paris talks came as Ukraine pushes to sustain Western solidarity amid shifting global tensions, while France and other EU members reaffirmed military and economic backing for Kyiv’s defensive efforts against continued Russian aggression.🇺🇦
