Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has imposed new sanctions on Russia’s financial sector in a bid to weaken the wartime aggressor’s economy. Thus, not only representatives of the banking system in Russia are subject to punitive measures, but also the Moscow Stock Exchange.
“Today our state has taken a new step in sanctions against all those who fuel Russian aggression,” Zelenskyy said in his video speech distributed nightly in Kiev yesterday. Sanctions are the basis for allies in the West to issue such punitive measures as well.
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Zelenskyy recalled that in view of the anniversary of the start of the Russian war of aggression, the tenth sanctions package is already underway. “We are working with our partners to strengthen it,” said the head of state. In addition, the foreign ministers of the European Union want to consult today in Brussels. Zelenskyy demanded that every responsible state join the “sanctions against terror”.
The president also reported that he was briefed by generals on the situation at the front. He didn’t give details. “The situation is very difficult,” he said, referring to fighting in eastern Ukraine. “We fought. We defeated the enemy invader and inflicted very heavy losses on Russia,” Zelenskyy said. The more casualties Russia suffers in Bakhmut, Wuhledar and elsewhere in Donbass, the sooner Ukraine can end the war in victory.