Shell stops buying Putin’s oil and gas and shuts all petrol stations in Russia in U-turn after Ukraine invasion

OIL giant Shell has announced it will no longer buy Russian oil and gas and is closing all of its petrol stations in the country, in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. It comes just days after the company insisted it would continue buying Russian crude oil, saying on Friday it had “no alternative”. Most read in News VLAD'S IN SHOCK Live updates as Russians admit Putin's invasion has been a total DISASTER TOWER BLAZE Woman trapped 17 storeys up as fire ripped through Whitechapel tower block BOY'S COURAGE Mum's agonising decision to send son 750 miles with phone number on his arm RUSSIANS ON THE RUN Three of Putin's commanders killed as Z-tanks abandoned in stalled war HELL ON EARTH Russians soldiers beg for home as they've ‘never seen so many corpses’ PRESSING TIMES Boris Johnson to hold major press conference on Ukraine TODAY