Ukraine has developed and will propose to the European Union a sanctions plan to further isolate the aggressor country russia, including the seizure of russian assets and the introduction of sanctions against some buyers of russian oil, amid US hesitation to tighten restrictions on russia.
Reuters reported this on Wednesday, May 21.
According to the publication, next week Ukraine will present the EU with a White Paper on proposals for new sanctions against russia. The document consists of a call for the 27 EU member states to take a more aggressive and independent position, while the US remains on the sidelines, and 40 pages of proposals themselves.
"The EU should consider a range of steps to make its sanctions apply more forcefully beyond its own territory, including targeting foreign companies that use its technology to help Russia, and "the introduction of secondary sanctions on purchasers of Russian oil". Such secondary sanctions, which could hit big buyers such as India and China, would be a major step that Europe has so far been reluctant to take. Trump had publicly discussed this before taking the decision not to act for now," the report said.
Ukraine is proposing that the EU speed up the seizure of assets from sanctioned individuals and their transfer to Ukraine. In addition, the EU should consider adopting decisions by majority vote so that individual countries cannot block them.
"American withdrawal from the sanctions regime (would) be a huge strike on the unity of the EU. Huge," a senior Ukrainian official told Reuters.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on May 21, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys called for tough sanctions against russia.
On May 21, the American publication The New York Times wrote that US President Donald Trump refused to tighten sanctions against the russian federation.
As a reminder, on May 20, the European Union agreed to impose the 17th package of sanctions against russia for its full-scale military aggression against Ukraine.
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