this foreign ministers Twenty-seven people agreed to impose it earlier this Thursday. new sanctions new against Russia escalation of tension in the war UkrainePartial mobilization of the population by Putin in the Donestk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, with the announcement of nuclear threats and referendums.
“Additional sanctions against Russia will be discussed immediately, we will examine and adopt new restrictive measures (…) both individual and sectoral, in coordination with our partners,” the official said. EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell at a press conference after the bloc’s foreign ministers’ extraordinary meeting at the EU border United Nations General Assembly in New York.
As explained in detail, the new sanctions package Russian economic sectors as in technology will expand and European ‘black list’ Persons whose assets have been frozen in the EU and who are prohibited from entering the Union.
In any case, now this EU Council define new measures and continue with you official adoption At a meeting at the Twenty-Seven level. “A few hours after Putin’s speech, it was about sending a strong political message: That was the purpose of the council meeting,” Borrell said.
“Cynic” and “irresponsible” nuclear threat
answer EU comes later rise between tension with Russia says it will call after Moscow 300,000 spares In the context of the war in Ukraine, as well as a wave of threats nuclear attack on the west. “It’s so cynical and surprising to hear about these threats during a week where the United Nations and the world community are working together to build peace and progress,” he said. for him head of european diplomacy talking about nuclear weapons represents an attempt “irresponsible” To undermine European support for Ukraine and endanger world peace “on an unprecedented scale”.