The United States will announce new sanctions against Russia on Friday, targeting more than 500 related entities “to his supporters and his war machine”a spokesperson for the US Treasury Department told AFP on Thursday February 22. “This will be the largest tranche since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine began”, she clarified, emphasizing that these measures will be taken by both the Treasury Department and the State Department. Follow our live stream.
Volodymyr Zelensky is pressing his Western allies to obtain new arms deliveries. “The most important thing is to unblock the skies. Air defense and (…) planes will contribute to thisdeclared the Ukrainian president during a press conference in Lviv. What is important is that all decisions [sur les livraisons d’armes] are taken on time. I think that’s the priority.”
Meeting in support of Ukraine on Monday in Paris. According to the French presidency, this meeting will bring together “several heads of state and government or their ministerial representatives”. She “will make it possible to study the means available to strengthen the cooperation of partners in support of Ukraine”, added the Elysée.
Fourteen million Ukrainians have fled their homes, according to the UN. Since the Russian invasion in winter 2022, more than 14 million people have fled Ukraine, according to a report of the United Nations International Organization for Migration published Thursday. Among them, nearly 6.5 million are still refugees abroad. Figures which represent almost a third of the Ukrainian population.