“The EU plans to prohibit the sale of play consoles in Russia, because of their use for military purposes, the European Union prepares new sanctions against Russia, which will include a ban on the sale of Playstation and XBOX game consoles. The reason is the use of consoles by Russian military to control drones.”, – WRITE ON: Unn.ua
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According to Kai Callas, the heads of the EU Foreign Ministry, products such as PlayStation of Sony and Xbox Microsoft will fall under a new package of sanctions dedicated to the third anniversary of the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine on February 22.
We really study all the types of things that help Russia to wage this war to include them in the sanction list. Even video game consoles because it is probably the ones they control the drones
According to the media, Russia was forced to introduce innovations after Western sanctions restricted its access to military and electronic parts.
For example, according to Western and Ukrainian intelligence, Moscow used the main semiconductors from refrigerators and other household appliances for their missiles and drones.
It is important that the US company Microsoft and Japanese groups Nintendo and Sony have stopped sales in Russia, in fact, from the beginning of a full -scale invasion – in March 2022. Therefore, the EU ban will be directed to traders who send consoles to Russia, including sellers of used consoles.
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The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions against Russia, which is planned to be prepared by February. Kai Callas emphasized the importance of continued economic pressure and military support of Ukraine.