The European Union says it has targeted Russian military officers linked to atrocities in Ukraine in its latest round of sanctions, including top brass accused of war crimes in Bucha and the siege of Mariupol.
The Council of the European Union approved the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions on Friday to target the Russian economy and persons from Russia and Belarus.
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In light of Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine and Belarus' support to it, as well as the reported atrocities committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine, the Council decided today to impose a sixth package of economic and individual sanctions targeting both Russia and Belarus. Ukrinform.
The Kremlin says Ukrainian grain supplies to world markets will be part of the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with the chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macky Sall