"No euros for the occupiers, close all your ports to them, do not send them your goods, refuse energy resources", pleaded the Ukrainian president.
“Without trade with you, without your companies and your banks, Russia will have no more money for this war,” he added.
His intervention coincides with a meeting in Brussels of EU foreign and defense ministers on Monday to discuss possible new sanctions against Moscow, almost a month after the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February.
The Europeans, very dependent on Russian hydrocarbons, have so far ruled out sanctioning this sector, which is very important for Russia's economy.
"Please don't sponsor the weapons of war of this country, of Russia," Zelensky said, before addressing the Germans directly: "You have the strength, Europe has the strength" , he launched.
Germany has been criticized for its opposition to an immediate embargo on Russian hydrocarbons, on which it depends heavily.
The Kremlin said Monday that a potential European embargo on Russian oil would hit "everyone".
He would have "a very serious influence on the world oil market, a harmful influence on the energy market in Europe. But the Americans will not lose anything, it is obvious", affirmed Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson Russian presidency.
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