⚡️Bloomberg: Russian oil exports collapse after G7, EU sanctions.
Russia’s oil shipments by sea collapsed in the first week since the G7 and EU sanctions against Russian oil came into effect on Dec. 5, Bloomberg reported on Dec. 20.
Total volumes exported from the country fell by 1.86 million barrels per day, or 54% during this period, according to the publication.
The Kyiv Independent
⚡️Zelensky signs judicial bill that may block European integration, undermine Western support
It has been criticized by Ukraine’s civil society and the West because it fails to give foreign experts a crucial role in assessing the integrity of candidates for Constitutional Court jobs. As a result, the President's Office will be able to handpick loyalists and fully control the Constitutional Court, according to legal experts and anti-corruption activists.
Mykhailo Zhernakov, head of the legal think-tank Dejure, argued that the signing of the bill undermines Ukraine’s efforts to get aid, including money and weapons, from the West amid Russia’s aggression.