Ukraine war: Germany says now ready to stop buying Russian oil

In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday that preparations to limit Germany's exposure to Russian energy imports were underway even before President Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine

Germany is now ready to stop buying Russian oil, government officials said, according to the Wall Street Journal, as US President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for $33 billion to support Ukraine as well as new legal tools to siphon assets from Russian oligarchs.

Reaffirming its support, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the military alliance was ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years, including help for Kyiv to shift from Soviet-era weapons to modern Western arms and systems. 

“We need to be prepared for the long term,” Stoltenberg told a youth summit in Brussels.