If package 11 includes EU sanctions against the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation, its strength will be proportional to the level of the threat, the president said.
Ukraine expects the European Union to accept the 11th package of sanctions against Russia, which will contain restrictions against its nuclear industry. This is what the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a joint briefing with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv on Tuesday, May 9.
“The issue of sanctions against the Russian Federation for aggression was touched on separately today. We expect the agreement on the 11th sanctions package in the near future. It should include powerful sanctions against the nuclear industry of the terrorist state. Then its strength The package will be proportional to the level of the threat,” said Zelensky.
In this regard, Ursula von der Leyen said that the 11th package of EU sanctions will focus on combating sanctions evasion.
“We are adding more products that are banned from transit, including materials and aircraft parts that, on their way to third countries through Russia, suddenly end up in the hands of the Kremlin,” he said.
According to the head of the EC, “we have recently seen an increase in the flow of trade between the EU and some countries. These goods appear in Russia. sanctions on the export of these goods.
He added that this mechanism will be used carefully after a risk assessment and approval by EU countries.
“But it must be shown that we are working to avoid sanctions,” said the President of the European Commission and also allowed “a ban on shadow transactions in third countries that deliberately avoid sanctions.”
Recall that in February of this year, Ukraine imposed sanctions against the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation. Restrictions against a number of Russian companies have been introduced for 50 years.
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