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The EU says sanctions stay until the ‘unconditional’ Russian withdrawal from Ukraine.

“Russia must now demonstrate genuine political will to end its illegal and unprovoked war of aggression.”

The “unconditional withdrawal of all Russian military forces from the entire territory of Ukraine would be one of the main preconditions to amend or lift sanctions,” said European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper.

mediafaro.org/article/20250326

The European Union’s and Ukrainian flags flying outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 24 February 2023 to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP
Kyiv Post · The EU says sanctions stay until the ‘unconditional’ Russian withdrawal from Ukraine.By Kyiv Post
#Ukraine#Russia#EU

The UK and EU are discussing seizing frozen Russian assets.

British and European Union authorities are examining legal and financial avenues to facilitate the confiscation of Russian assets frozen after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to Bloomberg, the issue is on the agenda for today's meeting in London between UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.

mediafaro.org/article/20250318

Meduza · The UK and EU are discussing seizing frozen Russian assets.By Meduza
#UK#EU#Russia

European leaders rally behind Ukraine as US stops aid.

EU leaders and officials doubled down on their support to Ukraine after Donald Trump halted all military aid from the United States to the country on Monday evening.

Trump’s decision “pushes the peace further away,” they warn.

mediafaro.org/article/20250304

POLITICO · European leaders rally behind Ukraine as US stops aidBy Ketrin Jochecová

Russians flee Swiss finance sector.

The Russian attack on Ukraine is leaving deep marks on Swiss bank balance sheets. Three years after the start of the war, Russian assets, originally estimated at a good 150 billion Swiss francs, have shrunk to 12.9 billion francs.

mediafaro.org/article/20250224

Neue Zürcher Zeitung · Russians flee Swiss finance sectorBy Balz Bruppacher (bpp)

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Президент Литви закликав Європу до негайних дій на підтримку України
Ключові пункти:
Реальні гарантії безпеки для України -членство в НАТО має залишатися на столі переговорів.
московія має бути притягнута до відповідальності за воєнні злочини, а санкції мають залишатися до припинення агресії.
Невідкладне фінансування озброєнь та 10 млрд євро для української оборонної промисловості
Арешт заморожених активів московії та введення тарифів на московитсько/білоруський імпорт
Вступ до ЄС

#WarInUkraine
23/25

“Often-times the best deal you make is the deal you don’t make,” said Trump, offering another of his pearls.

Zelensky does not have that luxury. He has to pick between the military violation of Ukraine by Putin, and the economic violation of Ukraine by his own ally.

telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/

The Telegraph · Revealed: Trump's confidential plan to put Ukraine in a strangleholdBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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22/25

“My style of dealmaking is quite simple and straightforward,” says Trump in his book The Art of the Deal. “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”

In genuine commerce the other side can usually walk away. Trump’s demand is iron-fist coercion by a neo-imperial power against a weaker nation with its back to the wall, and all for a commodity bonanza that exists chiefly in Trump’s head.

telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/

The Telegraph · Revealed: Trump's confidential plan to put Ukraine in a strangleholdBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard