Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik A Ukrainian MP has called out the UK for its “moment of weakness” after the government decided to continue allowing the import of Russian oil products. Labour triggered intense backlash this week after it declared it was pushing back plans to close a loophole in its sanctions against Moscow. The government unveiled a set of temporary licences which will allow diesel and jet fuel – refined in third countries but made from Russian oil – into the country. Ministers insist the ban will come in eventually, but chief secretary to the prime minister Darren Jones refused to give any indication of a timeline when speaking to Sky News. Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik said the announcement came as a “surprise” to her, and described it as a “point of weakness”. “At first it was a surprise because the United Kingdom is one of the countries that first has been our strongest partner, but also a country where all the parties are supportive of Ukraine, on different levels,” she told Sky News. “So …