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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Zoe Tidman

‘Fossil fuel war’: Britons could be ‘inadvertently funding’ Ukraine war by filling up cars, government told

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The UK government has been warned Britons could be “inadvertently funding” the war in Ukraine by filling up their cars and paying their gas bills amid concerns fossil fuel profits could be driving Russian military action.

The Liberal Democrats urged ministers to go a step further in their policy against Russian energy sources as the conflict in eastern Europe - which has killed hundreds of civilians and caused more than 1.5 million to flee - waged on.

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