'Pledging 'unwavering support' to Ukraine while shipping in almost two million barrels of Russian oil is utterly disingenuous'
The Government is under fire for continuing to import "bloody oil" even as Ukrainians die under heavy Russian bombardments and targeted killing of civilians.
But while Britain ships out NLAW anti-tank weapons and Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles to fight Putin's military, it has been importing energy from Russia.Georgia Whitaker, oil and gas campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: "The UK government is no stranger to hypocrisy but pledging 'unwavering support' to Ukraine while shipping in almost two million barrels of Russian oil is utterly disingenuous, even by Boris Johnson's standards.
"Sanctions don't work until they're implemented and eight more months of oil and gas imports is eight months too many.Britain imported about £220m of oil since the start of the invasion in late February. By comparison, Europe was estimated to have imported between £12-18bn by the start of April, according to the New Statesmen.Figures released on Wednesday show 1.9 million barrels, of 257,000 tonnes, of oil arrived on tankers that Greenpeace tracked.
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