Ukraine to press West for full energy embargo on Russia

BRUSSELS

:

Ukraine

will keep up demands on the

West

for an oil and gas embargo on

Russia

after its invasion of the country, the Ukrainian foreign minister said on Thursday.

Dmytro Kuleba also called for the dispatch of more planes, air defence systems, missiles and military vehicles from

NATO

allies.

"We will continue to insist on full oil and gas embargo," he told reporters at NATO, speaking alongside Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

Moscow

calls its action in Ukraine a "special military operation".