The leaders of European diplomacy agreed on Wednesday to prepare new sanctions against Russia, which will be implemented as soon as possible, said the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, quoted by EFE.

This new package of sanctions will affect new sectors of the Russian economy, including technology, and will involve new people, but it is not yet complete, Josep Borrell said.

The foreign ministers, who met urgently in New York, also promised to continue supplying weapons to Kyiv as long as needed, according to the statement adopted by consensus.

The meeting was convened on Wednesday in parallel with the UN General Assembly after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on the partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists and threatened to use his entire arsenal, including nuclear.

“It is clear that Putin is trying to destroy Ukraine, he is trying to destroy the whole country by various means,” Josep Borrell said at a press conference at the end of the meeting.

A political agreement was reached on sanctions

The head of European diplomacy estimated that Moscow’s latest steps are aimed at undermining the support Ukraine receives from its allies and endangering international peace and security “at an unprecedented level.”

“But this will not break our unity in support of Ukraine or our broad support for Ukraine’s ability to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty as long as necessary,” he stressed.

Regarding the new sanctions, Josep Borrell explained that a political agreement had been reached, given the informal nature of the meeting, and that formal decisions would be needed to flesh them out and make them more effective.

In a statement adopted on Wednesday evening, the foreign ministers of European countries also condemned the plans to organize referendums on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia and noted that they would never recognize their results.

“The EU remains firm in its support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and calls on Russia to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its troops and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,” he summarizes. document..

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