The European Union announced on Wednesday a plan to ban Russian oil imports from Europe, The New York Times reports.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, that although phasing out Russian oil "will not be easy," member states will "simply have to work on it."
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