European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. File photoBRUSSELS, Feb 22The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, commenting on his Twitter new anti-Russian sanctions, said that the persons on the list would no longer be able to shop in Milan. and the DPR», as well as 27 individuals and legal entities «undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine».Cut off from everything: what threatens Russia with new sanctions noted that the sanctions will affect Russia's access to the financial and capital markets of the EU, as well as the economic relations of the union with the LPR and the DPR. The new measures have not yet entered into force. The necessary work on them will be completed promptly, the European Commission promises.Burbock announced a possible strengthening of Western sanctions against Russia in the future The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may soon order the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 21 said in a televised address that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling and killing of civilians, and blockades do not stop. Immediately after the appeal, he signed decrees recognizing the LNR and the DNR. Putin also instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
