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He added that cutting off Russia's energy revenues "will drain Putin's war chest".

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the move to weaken Russian oil companies would "drain Russia's war chest," adding that funds taken "from Putin's hands helps save Ukrainian lives".

"Taking on Russian oil companies will drain Russia's war chest – and every ruble we take from Putin's hands helps save Ukrainian lives," said Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

"We need to work out what is the war chest that Ukraine needs to find to fight through 2025 and into 2026 - it's hard to ask the US taxpayer to foot the bill."

Enthusiasm for those efforts isn’t reflected in Gascón’s endorsements or his campaign war chest.