Bloomberg learned about US pressure on Europe due to sanctions against Russia

dissatisfied with thethat European countries are slow to agree on a list of potential sanctions against Russia and the conditions for their imposition

The United States is pressuring European allies over their dissatisfaction with their stance on sanctions against Russia. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the negotiations between Washington and Brussels.

Washington is dissatisfied with the fact that so far they have not been able to agree on the sanctions that will be imposed in the event of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the agency's interlocutors explain. In addition, according to the United States, European allies are ill-prepared for possible cyber attacks or disinformation campaigns from Russia.

With Europeans, the United States, in particular, agrees on a list of potential triggers for sanctions - events in which restrictive measures will be put into effect. In addition to sending troops to Ukraine, we are talking about any attempts to organize a coup against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or other actions to destabilize his government, Bloomberg claims.

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According to one of the interlocutors of the agency, European officials at NATO meetings this week admitted that they were ill-prepared to respond to a “hybrid” attack by Russia and would like to know in which cases the US would impose sanctions .