New Delhi, April 10 -- The suspension on some sanctions on Russian oil are set to expire on Saturday, 11 April, a month after the US lifted some restrictions on Kremlin to tackle surging energy costs caused by the Middle East war. With the deadline approaching in hours, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants energy sanctions to be re-imposed on Russia, citing the US-Iran ceasefire that should open the key Strait of Hormuz, which will in turn potentially restore some oil supply to affected countries.

"Now a ceasefire is beginning in the Middle East and the Gulf. And I am waiting for sanctions on Russian oil to be fully reimposed, as they were before," Zelensky said in a statement to journalists.

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