Russia overtakes Iran, North Korea in number of sanctions imposed against it – Kuleba
Russia is ahead of Iran and North Korea in the number of sanctions imposed against it, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
"In general, against Russia, in punishment for the brutal violation of international law and Russian aggression against Ukraine, the world community has already introduced 3,612 restrictive measures in the 18 days since the invasion. Together with the restrictions that have been introduced since 2014, the total number of sanctions imposed against Russia is 6,366. At the moment, Russia is ahead of Iran and North Korea and has become the sanctioned world leader, the leader in the number of sanctions imposed against it," Kuleba said at the online briefing on Monday.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister stressed that while Ukrainian children are dying from Russian air bombs, new sanctions should continue to be applied.
"We have a clear list of those sanctions that we still want to be applied, and we are following this list very clearly," Kuleba said.
The minister urged companies and governments to stop buying Russian oil, coal and gas.
"We also insist on closing world ports for Russian ships, refusing to process cargo that is sent to ports in the Russian Federation, disconnecting new Russian banks from the SWIFT system, primarily Sberbank of Russia," he said.
