“But the US Secretary of State admits that a moment may occur when new sanctions are required”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Trump “believes that now, if you start threatening with sanctions, the Russians will stop talking, and it is important to have the opportunity to talk to them and make them sit at the negotiating table,” Rubio said during the Senate Committee.
But the US Secretary of State suggests that a moment may occur when new sanctions are required if Russia is not interested in a peace agreement. However, he did not define any timeframe.
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“If it is really clear that the Russians are not interested in a peace agreement and they just want to continue the war, then it may well come,” Rubio said.
On May 20, the European Union agreed the 17th package of sanctions against Russia. According to the head of the foreign policy service of the Kai Callas Bloc, it is directed against “almost 200 ships of the shadow fleet”, hybrid threats from the Russian Federation and human rights violations.
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On May 20, the UK government announced the introduction of “large -scale sanctions” against Russia through its actions against Ukraine. The government stated that the measures are announced while the Russian Federation has not stopped attacks in Ukraine, and on May 18 it has made the greatest drone attack from the beginning of a full -scale invasion.