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 sanctions will be taken by both the Treasury Department and the State Department. Follow our live stream.
Announcements of sanctions are multiplying. As the two years of the war approach, on Saturday, the countries of the European Union agreed on Wednesday on a thirteenth package of sanctions, while the United Kingdom unveiled measures against more than 50 personalities on Thursday and businesses. London also announced new deliveries of missiles to the Ukrainians.
Volodymyr Zelensky urges the US Congress to pass aid to Ukraine. In an interview broadcast Thursday on Fox News, Ukraine’s president urged Congress to approve additional military aid to his country. Republican elected officials in the House of Representatives are refusing to approve a new package of $60 billion in aid (around 55 million euros), despite the insistence of President Joe Biden’s administration.
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”. “This working meeting 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 since the Russian invasion, 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.