““The enemy would not have been harmed if hostile weapons did not have components of production of other countries, in particular, they have” Shahda “and missiles””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
The head of state noted that “only on the night of February 1, the enemy used 165 missiles and drones of different types for attack in Ukraine. In particular, under the blows were Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
He said that “the enemy would not have been harmed if hostile weapons had no components of production of other countries, in particular, they have” Shahda “and rockets.”
“One hundred sixty -five shock units in one nightstream of Russia – all these” Isanders “,” calibers “and other means of murder are hundreds and even thousands of components from other countries. European countries, China and even America. Without such critical components, there will be no opportunity to break the lives of other peoples, ”Zelensky said.
The President stressed that “it is critical that sanctions against the Russian Federation are strong and that they can not be bypassed in all circumstances.”
“There should be no way of supplying critical components for defense production to Russia. The violation of sanctions should be interpreted as complicity in the war, and the one who helps to destroy life should be responsible for it, ”the head of state summarized.
Earlier, the EU has already banned most of Russian coal and oil imports. However, it is not yet possible to impose sanctions on pipeline gas from Russia, since several European countries are still dependent on it, and the implementation of such measures requires unanimous approval of the bloc members. The abandonment of the Russian PPG can be made both through sanctions and within the “road card” of a gradual restriction of procurement.
In addition to the restrictions on the supply of PPG, the 16th EU sanctions package for Russia provides for penalties for 74 oil tankers from the so-called shadow fleet of Russia, as well as restrictions on importing Russian aluminum.
According to Bloomberg, restrictions will be gradual and will allow European buyers to import aluminum from Russia during the year under the quota system before the full ban comes into force. The EU still purchases about six percent of this metal in Russia.
The European Union considers the shutdown of about 15 Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources. According to September 2024, more than 200 banks are connected to SWIFT in Russia.
Also in the new package will be expanded, including at the expense of China and the DPRK, the number of persons and organizations that will be subject to sanctions due to the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. Additional measures will be implemented against Russian means of information involved in a misinformation campaign coordinated by the Russian authorities.
In the 14th Package of Sanctions, the European Union introduced a ban on re-exporting through ports in the European Union, a Russian PPG intended for third countries.