White House welcomes EU progress on Russian oil price

John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington

The White House said the agreement should help limit Russian income

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and applauded the news that the European Union was "coming together"

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on a $60 per barrel price limitation on Russian seaborne oil.

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According to national security spokesperson John Kirby, "we still believe

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that a price ceiling will assist limit Mr. Putin's capacity to profit off

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the oil market so he can continue to fund

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a war machine that continues to kill innocent Ukrainians."

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