European countries that continue to buy Russian oil, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, are “making their money in other people’s blood.”

President Zelensky singled out Germany and Hungary in an interview with the BBC, accusing them of obstructing efforts to impose an embargo on energy shipments, from which Russia stands to profit up to £250 billion ($326 billion) this year.

Ukraine’s government has grown increasingly frustrated with Berlin, which has approved some sanctions against Russia but has so far rejected calls for harder action on oil sales.

Mr Zelensky told the BBC from his situation room in Kyiv on Thursday that “some of our friends and partners realise that it is a different period today, that it is no longer a matter of business and money.” “That t is an issue of survival.”

The president also called for more armaments to be sent to Ukraine, claiming that supplies were not arriving quickly enough to stave against Russia’s attack.

“The United States, the United Kingdom, and several European countries are all attempting and succeeding in assisting,” he stated. “However, we still require it sooner, sooner, and faster. The keyword here is “now.””

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