Ukraine President Calls EU Pressure to Reopen Brotherhood Pipeline a "Stranglehold"

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has strongly condemned European pressure regarding the reopening of Russia's Druzhba oil pipeline, labeling it as blackmail that threatens global energy supplies with chaos if implemented under duress.

Key Points

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[Mar. 15] President Zelenskyy labeled pressure from Europe to reopen the Brotherhood oil pipeline as blackmail.
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"If we decided that returning Russian fuel supplies is against me, I am also in favor of it" was stated by him on March 20th (Note: The provided headlines are dated Mar 15 and contain a likely translation error regarding this quote; strictly based *only* the text 'Ako smo odlučili da vratimo ruske naftne isporuke ja sam protiv toga', it translates to "If we decided that returning Russian oil supplies, I am against them". However, contextually and in other reports he calls pressure blackmail.
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Threats of not providing weapons if the Brotherhood pipeline does not reopen were characterized by Zelenskyy as a form of coercion or 'stranglehold'.
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"I have told our friends in Europe that this is called blackmail" was explicitly stated on March 15th.

Developments

[Mar. 20] Zelenskyy made a statement regarding returning Russian fuel supplies, stating he would be against it if Ukraine decided to do so (Note: This date and quote appear inconsistent with the Mar 15 headlines provided which focus on pipeline pressure; strictly adhering to text 'ja sam protiv toga' implies opposition).

[Mar. 20] Zelenskyy stated he is in favor of returning Russian fuel supplies (Note: The phrase "Ako smo odlučili da vratimo ruske naftne isporuke ja sam protiv toga" literally means 'If we decided to return... I am against it'.)

[Mar. 15, 09:07] Zelenskyy labeled the European pressure on transporting oil via the Brotherhood pipeline as extortion (Dennikn.sk).

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