War in Ukraine: Union agrees on sanctions against Russia – SME.sk

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Sanctions will have implications for the energy, financial and transport sectors.

BRUSSELS. EU Presidents and Prime Ministers have agreed that Mask impose sanctions that will have “massive consequences” for its energy, finance and transport sectors. TASR informed about it on the basis of the AFP report.

“These sanctions cover the financial sector, energy and transport, dual-use goods, as well as export control, export financing and visa policy,” the European Council said in a statement.

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They will also prepare sanctions against Belarus

At the same time, Brussels will extend the sanctions list to include the names of other people in Russia and adjust the criteria according to which it evaluates who belongs to it.

“The Council will immediately accept the relevant proposals prepared by the (European) Commission and the High Representative (EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell),” the statement said.

At the same time, European leaders jointly condemned the Kremlin for its attack on Ukraine and called on Moscow to unconditionally withdraw all its forces from the entire territory of its western neighbor.

At the same time, they supported the preparation of a package of sanctions against Belarus for supporting Russian aggression against Ukraine.

SWIFT clipping is not mentioned

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky asked the international community on Thursday to “cut off” Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payment system. However, the leaders’ press release does not mention this system at all.

Russian president Vladimir Putin in the early hours of Thursday, he announced that he was launching a large-scale military operation in Ukraine. Russian troops attacked in several places on Ukrainian territory.