our europe editor katia adler. tue: eu, which does our europe editor katia adler. tte: eu, which does not have a reputation for acting swiftly in normal times, made up of 27 individual countries, but the aggression of pressure in ukraine is deftly focusing minds here so as you der leyen was referring to how the eu is working on now it s third sanction packaging a week. she was talking about really targeting pressure s ability to front its military action in ukraine, and she was saying that there is now an agreement amongst all european union member states, remember that some of them are rather lacking on the idea of rejecting pressure from swift, that is the international financial transactions network, particularly italy, germany, hungary, these are countries with very close ties with pressure, business ties, reliant on gas suppliers, but everybody said is agreed, but italy targeting russian banks and also to focus very
unlike normal times, they confiscated them. they wouldn t let him give them to the attorney. this is the first time they haven t done that. we don t understand what the reason was for that. he was able to talk with an attorney and let us know he is not feeling well. he has been asked to be tested for tb and asking for medication and they are not giving it to him. they are giving medication to other prisoners, but not him because they all came in close contact with someone who definitely has tb and may be actually dying from it at this point. your worry is that your son has tuberculosis? . that s just one of our many concerns, yes. and so why, as you understand it, or as you suspect, is this information to the attorneys not getting through? that, we re not sure of. because, like i said, throughout the whole two and a half years
up acting swiftly in normal times, made up of 27 individual countries, but the aggression of russia in ukraine is definitely focusing minds here. ursula von der leyen was referring to help the uk eu is working on its food sanctions package in a week. she is talking about really targeting the cheering and applause. ability to function some eu member states were really lagging on rejecting russia from swift, the international transactions network, particularly italy, germany, hungary, countries with very close business ties with russia and reliant on gas supplies. but everybody has agreed particularly through swift to target russia s bank and to focus very much
putin. we had heard at the end of the week that those could possibly be coordinated or mediated through belarus and minsk, but more of that hopefully to come over the next few days as well. just to let you know, the official death toll, this is coming via ukrainian officials, so far is 198 deaths, tier of which were actually reported within a residential building was struck. two of which. i m joined now by katya adler in brussels. you were listening into that press conference by ursula von der leyen. just take us through the key points, please. i think what you see is the eu, which does not have a reputation for acting swiftly in normal times, made
warned. we will stop putin from using his war chest. we will paralyse the assets of russia s central bank. this will freeze its transactions and will make it impossible for the central bank to liquidate assets. and, finally, we will work to prohibit russian oligarchs from using their financial asset on our markets. all of these measures will significantly harm putin s ability to finance his work. the eu, which does not have a reputation for acting swiftly in normal times, reputation for acting swiftly in normaltimes, made reputation for acting swiftly in normal times, made up of 27 individual countries, but the aggression of russia in ukraine is definitely focusing minds here. so ursula fonda line was