Purezidenti wa US Joe Biden adasaina lamulo ku White House pa 8, kulengeza kuti United States yaletsa kutumiza mafuta aku Russia, gasi wachilengedwe wosungunuka ndi malasha ku Ukraine.
Lamulo la akuluakulu likunenanso kuti anthu ndi mabungwe aku America aletsedwa kuyika ndalama zatsopano mumakampani opanga mphamvu ku Russia, ndipo nzika zaku America ziletsedwa kupereka ndalama kapena chitsimikizo kwa makampani akunja omwe amayika ndalama popanga mphamvu ku Russia.
Biden adalankhula za chiletsochi tsiku lomwelo. Kumbali ina, Biden adagogomezera mgwirizano wa US ndi Europe pa Russia. Kumbali ina, Biden adawonetsanso kuti Europe imadalira mphamvu za Russia. Iye adati mbali ya US idapanga chisankhochi atakambirana ndi anzawo. "Polimbikitsa chiletsochi, tikudziwa kuti anzawo ambiri aku Europe sangathe kugwirizana nafe".
Biden adavomerezanso kuti ngakhale kuti dziko la United States likuletsa ziletso kuti liyike mphamvu ku Russia, lidzalipiranso mtengo wake.
Pa tsiku limene Biden adalengeza za kuletsa mafuta ku Russia, mtengo wapakati wa mafuta ku United States unakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano kuyambira mu Julayi 2008, kufika pa $4.173 pa galoni. Chiwerengerochi chakwera ndi masenti 55 poyerekeza ndi sabata yapitayo, malinga ndi bungwe la American Automobile Association.
Kuphatikiza apo, malinga ndi deta ya bungwe la US Energy Information Administration, mu 2021, United States idatumiza mafuta osakonzedwa ndi mafuta okwana migolo 245 miliyoni kuchokera ku Russia, kuwonjezeka kwa 24% pachaka.
Nyumba Yoyera inanena m'mawu ake pa 8 kuti pofuna kuchepetsa kukwera kwa mitengo ya mafuta, boma la US lalonjeza kutulutsa migolo 90 miliyoni ya mafuta osungiramo mafuta m'chaka chino cha ndalama. Nthawi yomweyo, idzawonjezera kupanga mafuta ndi gasi m'dziko la United States, komwe kukuyembekezeka kufika pamlingo wapamwamba chaka chamawa.
Poyankha kukwera kwa mitengo yamafuta m'dziko muno, boma la Biden linatulutsa migolo 50 miliyoni yamafuta osungira mafuta mu Novembala chaka chatha ndi migolo 30 miliyoni mu Marichi chaka chino. Deta ya Unduna wa Zamagetsi ku US inasonyeza kuti pofika pa Marichi 4, mafuta osungira mafuta osungira mafuta osungira mafuta anali atatsika kufika pa migolo 577.5 miliyoni.