President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in his address on Saturday evening that the tenth package of sanctions against Russia is not the last, and the sanctions will continue to be applied until there is nothing left of the “potential of Russian aggression”.

“Today, the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia was adopted for starting the war. The tenth and clearly not the last package. Sanctions will continue to be imposed so that nothing remains of the potential of Russian aggression. Now in the tenth package, there are new sanctions, strong, against the defense industry and the financial sector of the terrorist state and against the propagandists who have drowned Russian society in lies and are trying to spread their lies around the world. They definitely won’t succeed. Our diplomats and the entire state are working to expand global and, in particular, European sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry, Rosatom, against everyone involved in the terrorist state’s missile program and nuclear blackmail. Partners – USA, Great Britain – have already taken appropriate steps. We expect appropriate steps from the European Union,” Zelenskyy said.

“Of course, we will continue to work on Ukraine’s sanctions against Russian structures and all those who help them. Appropriate decisions will be made. Our resolution passed by the UN General Assembly gave a very good diplomatic boost this week. Resolution on peace for Ukraine, territorial integrity of our state and protection of international law against Russian aggression. In fact, we see that the essence of our Peace Formula becomes the basis of specific international political and legal decisions, and the majority of the world supports them. I thank each of the 141 states that supported our resolution. I thank every state leader and every nation that values ​​freedom and international order on an equal footing with Ukraine,” the Ukrainian president also said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi also emphasized the courage of Ukrainian soldiers.

“Of course, every success of our diplomats, every foreign policy opportunity for our state and every manifestation of world attention to Ukrainians is based on the support of the Ukrainian people, on the support of our soldiers. About the fact that Ukraine is strong and constantly getting stronger. The world loves the strong. And it helps the brave. The global center of strength and courage is now right here, in Ukraine, right in our people who protect our state. Who protects our land, our Donetsk region, our Luhansk region, all our lands where very heavy and painful battles continue. I thank each of our soldiers, all those who firmly and courageously defend our positions in Donbas, destroy the enemy, and thank you for such a powerful result in the east.”

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