Russia’s oil export revenue soars to $98 billion as war in Ukraine rages on | Top Points

A report shows Russia’s income from oil and gas exports reached the highest record during the first 100 days of the war, with Moscow taking 93 billion euros ($ 98 billion), most of the European Union customers.

Reports from the Clean Energy and Clean Research Center (CREA) based in Finland show the main clients for Russian oil, gas and coal are China with 12.6 billion euros, followed by Germany (12.1 billion euros) and Italy (7 , 8 billion euros).

EU last month agreed to stop most of Russian oil imports but Russian gas embargo is not on the current card.

The Governor of East Lugansk, Sergiy Gaiday, said Ukraine forces had been expelled from the main eastern center of Severodonetsk, after a Russian attack for several weeks.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops struggled to “literally every meter” from the industrial center.

Gaiday said that Russia had destroyed the second bridge to the city in the Donets River and that Azot Chemical Plant, where hundreds of civilians took shelter, were being issued.

The separatist troops supported by Moscow said the city was “blocked” and called for Ukraine forces to surrender or die.

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