Europe Still Imports Huge Volumes of Russian Diesel as War Rages
- France and Germany are biggest buyers of diesel-type fuel
- EU ban on Russian refined products by sea to start next year
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Almost four months after the invasion of Ukraine began, European nations are still importing huge quantities of Russian fuel.
So far this month, the continent has received close to 14 million barrels of diesel-type fuel from countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union, according to Vortexa Ltd. data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s a relatively limited drop-off from pre-war levels earlier this year and the vast majority, if not all, of that fuel originated in Russia.