Ukraine on July 6 imposed sanctions aimed toward countering Russian monetary schemes, together with these involving cryptocurrency, President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced in his night deal with.
Restrictions had been imposed on 60 authorized entities and 73 Russian residents.
The most recent sanctions package deal consists of Ukrainian-led initiatives and should additionally align with restrictions imposed by worldwide companions, based on Zelensky.
Ukraine will proceed working with its companions to coordinate sanctions throughout completely different jurisdictions sooner or later, he added.
Zelensky additionally introduced that the Ukrainian authorities is about to unveil new measures subsequent week, aimed partly at aligning with European Union sanctions in opposition to Russia.
“All European packages in opposition to Russia ought to be carried out within the Ukrainian jurisdiction. Identical to Ukrainian sanctions within the European Union,” Zelensky stated.
On the finish of June, Zelensky imposed sanctions on 52 Russian residents, 34 Russian corporations, and one Chinese language entity concerned within the manufacturing of Shahed drones and chip manufacturing equipment.
Drones have turn out to be one of many defining instruments of the full-scale war, used extensively by each Ukraine and Russia for surveillance, long-range strikes, and tactical battlefield benefit.
Ukraine’s artillery braces for shell shortage as US halts aid
The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko spent a day with an artillery crew from the 28th Mechanized Brigade in the front-line city of Kostiantynivka. Following the recent decision by the Pentagon to halt shipments of certain weapons to Ukraine, a looming shell shortage is once again on the horizon for Ukrainian forces.
