Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged Western pressure on Russia to increase, hitting Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy development company.
Zelensky’s statement comes a day after the European Union (EU) announced its tenth package of sanctions against Moscow, marking the first year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The package is “intended for the military industry, propaganda and the financial system,” Zelensky said through his Twitter account, reproduced by the Ukrinform portal.
The 10th sanctions package targets Russian military industry, propaganda and the financial system. The pressure on the Russian aggressor must increase: we expect decisive steps against Rosatom and the Russian nuclear industry, more pressure on the military and the banking system.
– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 25, 2023
but the pressure “on the Russian aggressor” continues Zelensky’s message, saying he expects “decisive measures” against Rosatom and the Russian Federation’s nuclear industry, as well as “more pressure on the military and banks”.
The EU’s 10th package includes an export ban on technology for military use and measures against Iranian companies that supply ‘drones’ to Moscow.
Regardless of what was assumed, the 27 pledged formulas with the G7 to penalize Russian diamond imports while still failing to reach an agreement on Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy development company.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the approval, on Friday, of the European Union’s tenth package of sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine a year ago.
“I welcome the formal adoption of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, the most comprehensive ever,” von der Leyen wrote on the social network Twitter, quoted by the Spanish agency Europa Press.
I welcome the formal adoption of our tenth sanctions package against Russia.
We now have the most far-reaching sanctions ever – depleting Russia’s war arsenal and biting deep into the economy.
We are also increasing the pressure on those who try to circumvent our sanctions. https://t.co/hh74CxvbCx
– Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 25, 2023
The president of the European Commission said the new sanctions were designed to deplete Russia’s war arsenal and hit the country’s economy.
“We are also increasing pressure on those who try to circumvent our sanctions,” he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that Rosatom and the Defense Ministry must work to ensure Russia is ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if necessary.
Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow had suspended its participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, raising tensions with Washington over its invasion of Ukraine.
In his State of the Nation address, Vladimir Putin also said Russia should be ready to resume nuclear weapons testing if the United States did, a move that would end the current global ban on nuclear weapons testing . War.
Explaining his decision to suspend Russia’s New START commitments, Putin accused the United States and its NATO allies of openly declaring the purpose of Russia’s defeat in Ukraine.
Russia already became the most sanctioned nation in the world last year, the target of sanctions from more than 30 countries representing more than half of the world’s economy. But the tightening of its economy, trade and businesses has not yet dealt a decisive blow.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov called the latest US sanctions “misguided”.
“We have learned to live under economic and political pressure,” Antonov said. “Experience with previous sanctions has shown that they hurt the global market to a greater extent, making ordinary citizens worse off in states that initiate or support reckless sanctions.”
The first anniversary of the Russian invasion, February 24, brought no respite from Russian attacks and this Saturday Zelensky remarked: “Is it possible for us to win? Yes, we are able to do it in unity, resolutely and uncompromisingly.” end aggression this year.”
The Ukrainian military reported 27 Russian airstrikes and 75 multiple rocket launcher attacks in the past 24 hours on Saturday in a concentrated offensive in Ukraine’s industrial east and northeast.
In the southern Kherson region of the south, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin also reported 83 bombings and hit his capital nine times, including residential buildings, a kindergarten and a medical institution.
Source: DN
