Zakharova invited the European Union to "cancel itself"

European Union countries can "cancel themselves," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Thus, she commented on the preparation by the EU member countries of a new package of sanctions against Russia on Sputnik radio.

“I want to say this: if they want to really hurt us, let them cancel themselves, we will miss,” she said.

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The head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said on May 3 that the sixth package of sanctions will include restrictions on several more banks, which are planned to be disconnected from SWIFT. The sanctions will also affect oil imports .

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, clarified on May 4 that the sixth EU sanctions package provides for:

restrictions against high-ranking Russian military and other individuals who have "committed war crimes"; disconnection of Sberbank and a number of other large Russian banks from the international SWIFT system; a ban on broadcasting in the European Union for three major Russian state channels.

Since the end of February, the European Union has introduced five packages of sanctions against Russia and is preparing a sixth. The measures must be approved by the EU Council. The next meetings will be held on May 10 and 16.

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