Biden and Kuleba discussed strengthening sanctions against Russia

During the talks between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of Ukraine and their American counterparts, the parties discussed new sanctions against Russia. US President Joe Biden also attended the meeting. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba spoke about this on his Facebook page (a social network owned by the banned in Russia and recognized extremist organization Meta).

“Firstly, we talked about sanctions... We are already working on new sanctions. I touched on the issue of closing American and European ports for Russian ships and cargo. We talked about applying individual sanctions not only against Russian oligarchs and the inner circle of [President Vladimir] Putin, but also against all political figures in Russia,” Kuleba said.

The meeting was held in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. In addition to Biden and Kuleba, it was attended by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, the head of the State Department Anthony Blinken and the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin.

Early on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation in Ukraine to protect the population, as well as the demilitarization and "denazification" of the neighboring state. Western countries condemned Moscow's decision to launch a military special operation in Ukraine and unilaterally imposed sanctions against Russia. This was done by the UK, Canada, USA, EU, as well as New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan and other states. In addition, Ukraine and Micronesia decided to break off diplomatic relations with Moscow.