Ukraine proposed $30 instead of the $60 price cap for Russian oil agreed by the EU and G7

We always achieve our goal, and Russia's economy will be destroyed, and it will pay and be held accountable for all its crimes," said Andriy, the Ukrainian president's chief of staff. said Yermak  on Saturday. 

Ukraine proposed $30 instead of the $60 price cap for Russian oil agreed by the EU and G7 saying it would destroy Russia's economy if it was cap at $30. 

The price cap previously negotiated at political level between the G7 group of wealthy and the European Union comes into effect with an EU embargo on Russian crude  from Monday. 

Poland refused to back the price cap plan over concerns the cap was too high before its ambassador to the EU confirmed the Warsaw accord on Friday. night.

The embargo will prevent shipments of Russian crude oil tankers to the EU, which account for two-thirds of imports, potentially draining billions of euros from Russia's war chest. 

We always achieve our goal, and Russia's economy will be destroyed, and it will pay for and be responsible for all its crimes," Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak told Telegram on Saturday. 

He added he pledged to prevent Russia from benefiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine, to support stability in world energy markets and to minimize the negative economic impact of Russia's war of aggression.

Prices will help improve the capability of Russian President Vladimir Putin to restrict funding of the Kremlin's "war machine. 

Attacks on infrastructure 'inevitable' After humiliating defeats in Europe's biggest armed conflict  since World War II, Russia began attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in October, causing widespread power outages. 

Putin said Russian attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure are "inevitable". “, in his first conversation with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz since mid-September. 

Such measures have become a forced and inevitable response to Kiev's provocative attacks on  Russia's civilian infrastructure in 1, Putin told Scholz, according to a Kremlin reading of the phone. In talks, the Kremlin leader specifically referred  to the October attack on a bridge that connecting Moscow-annexed Crimea to mainland Russia.

During the hour-long phone call, "Scholz urged the Russian President to reach a diplomatic solution as soon as possible, including the withdrawal of Russian troops," according to the German leader's spokesman. 

But Putin urged Berlin to "reconsider its approaches" and accused the West of pursuing "destructive" policies in Ukraine, the Kremlin said, stressing that its political and financial aid meant Kyiv "totally reject the idea of ​​any negotiations rejects. 

Russia while Putin is in power shortly after the Kremlin claimed to have annexed several Ukrainian regions. Speaking Away from the Table The Kremlin also hinted Moscow was not in the mood for Ukraine talks  after US President Joe Biden said he was ready to sit down with Putin if the Russian leader really wanted to end the fight. 

"What did President Biden actually say? He said  negotiations would only be possible  after Putin left Ukraine," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow was "certainly" not ready to accept those terms. 

The White House, meanwhile, also tried to  water down the idea of ​​talks on Friday, saying Biden  has "no intention" to sit down with Putin at this time. at the beginning of winter. According to the latest estimates from Kyiv, Zelenskyy's adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said that up to  13,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the fighting.

Both Moscow and Kyiv are suspected of trying to minimize casualties in order not to damage morale. The top US general  in Ukraine has also claimed the lives of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and forced millions to flee. Those staying in the country have faced power outages as authorities attempt to  relieve  pressure on  energy infrastructure.