People stand next to a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and said it was harsher penalties against Russian banks in retaliation. “War Crimes” in Ukraine,
The moves against Sberbank and Alfa Bank prevent assets from touching the US financial system and prevent Americans from doing business with those institutions.
In addition to sanctions imposed on Putin’s adult daughters Maria Putina and Katerina Tikhonova, the US is also targeting Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; and members of Russia’s Security Council, including Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and prime minister.
All close family members of Putin were stripped of penalties from the US financial system and any assets they held in the United States were frozen.
Videos and pictures of bodies in the streets of Bucha after they were withdrawn from the Russian army A wave of outrage has spread among Western allies, who have imposed new sanctions as a reaction.
The European Commission’s proposed ban on coal imports would be the first EU sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry over the war in Ukraine.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said energy was the key to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war treasury.
“A billion euros is what we pay Putin every day for the energy he’s provided us with since the start of the war. We’ve given him 35 billion euros. Compare this with the one billion we’ve spent in Ukraine. in arms and arms,” Borrell said.
After several European countries announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats, the European Commission proposed a fifth package of sanctions, including a ban on coal imports, that could be unanimously approved by ambassadors of the 27-nation bloc on Wednesday. Western allies have already cut off many Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system, which transacts countless billions of dollars per day at more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions around the world.
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