Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tonight hailed the European Commission's decision to remove duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports, saying the exports will help to stabilise markets as Russia seeks to "provoke a global price crisis".
In his nightly address on Wednesday, Zelensky said: "Right now, this will allow us to maintain the economic activity in Ukraine, our national production as much as possible. But this decision needs to be considered not only in the Ukrainian context. Sufficient export of our products to European and global markets will be a significant anti-crisis tool."
Zelensky also condemned Russia's "energy blackmail" in Europe, saying: "The decision to cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria is another argument in favour of the fact that no one in Europe can hope to maintain any normal economic cooperation with Russia.
