Ukraine, Von der Leyen: “Russia bankruptcy is only a matter of time”

“Russia’s national failure is only a matter of time.” This was stated by the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in an interview with the German newspaper ‘Bild’. “Sanctions are making their way deeper into the Russian economy every week: exports to Russia have plummeted by 70%. Seven hundred Russian planes have lost their licenses due to lack of spare parts and software updates. Hundreds of large companies and thousands. of experts are turning their backs on the country “, said von der Leyen, reporting that” according to current forecasts, the gross domestic product in Russia will collapse by 11% “. “With this war – observed the president of the European Commission – Putin is also destroying his own country and the future of his people.” that oil can also be included in the next phase of sanctions, “he said.” The primary goal is to reduce Putin’s income. But oil is traded globally. What should not happen is that Putin charges even higher prices in other markets for supplies that otherwise go to the European Union, “von der Leyen explained, adding that the banking sector will still be among the targets of the new sanctions,” in Particularly to Sberbank, which alone represents 37% of the Russian banking sector “. As for the arms shipment decided by the EU, von der Leyen stresses that” Ukraine needs to get what it needs to defend itself “. “I don’t distinguish between heavy and light weapons,” he says, explaining that it was last week’s visit to Kiev and Bucha that “encouraged me once again to support Ukraine and do everything possible to avert this brutal and unwarranted aggression from part of Russia “.