Ukraine plans new Western sanctions on Russia on war anniversary

MADRID, 13 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government of Ukraine has assured that on February 24, the day that marks one year since the Russian invasion of the country, different institutions and countries will announce new sanctions against Russia.

"There will be new sanctions on February 24. They will be announced in different countries, in different institutions. This will also be part of this sign of unity for victory," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba said in an interview with Radio Free Europe.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy has detailed that on the day of the first anniversary of the start of the war events will take place in Kiev, at the UN headquarters as well as in other world capitals, where "a very clear signal" will be sent to the president Russian, Vladimir Putin, to stop the war.

"At the UN, in Kiev, in many other world capitals, various events will take place that will send a very clear signal to President Putin: if you, Putin, are playing the game of exhaustion and believe that time is on your side, then you are profoundly wrong," Kuleba said.

In this sense, he recalled that at the end of 2022 Ukraine began "the path" to try to expel Russia from the United Nations Security Council, a milestone that, according to Kuleba himself, "will not be quick" because it is about restarting a global institution.

"The exclusion itself, of course, will take time. And for this, a number of factors must coincide. But for Russia, the achievement of the first goal, delegitimization, will be a terrible international blow," the head of the Ministry emphasized. Foreign Office of Ukraine to the aforementioned station.

He has also referred to the visit of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, to Poland on the eve of the anniversary, arguing that "it is a component of the commemoration of this tragic anniversary."

"It is very important that President (Joe) Biden is in Europe. Even more so in Poland, a country that plays an extremely important role in providing a second armed front for Ukraine," he stressed.