Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily laid down their arms during a meeting with the human rights ombudsman in the LPR Viktoria Serdyukova in LuhanskLUHANSK, 28 Feb.The official representative of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic, Ivan Filiponenko, called on the Ukrainian military to voluntarily lay down their arms and go over to the side of the LPR. «We once again urge the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to realize the futility of the war. Voluntarily lay down your arms and come over to our side, we guarantee you life. Ukrainians We warn nationalists of imminent liquidation for crimes against humanity,» Filiponenko told reporters. Over the weekend, Western countries initiated new sanctions against Russia. Thus, in connection with the operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the European Union banned any Russian aircraft from landing, taking off or flying over the territory of the EU in addition to banning its companies from supplying civil aircraft and spare parts to Russia. In addition, on the eve it became known that the EU banned operations related to the management of reserves and assets of the Central Bank of Russia. EU states will be able to conduct transactions with the Bank of Russia if it is «strictly necessary» to ensure financial stability. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that about half of the financial reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will be frozen thanks to new EU sanctions.The genocide that Europe laughs at Also, as they said in the German Cabinet, all Russian banks that have already fallen under the sanctions of the international community, and, if necessary, other Russian banks, will be excluded from the SWIFT payment order system. The Russian authorities have taken retaliatory steps to these restrictions — mirror response to the ban on flights of European carriers through the territory of the country. The Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank also stated that they are monitoring the situation on the financial market. To ensure stability, the Central Bank urgently raised the key rate on Monday to a record 20% and suspended trading in shares, while the Ministry of Finance obliged exporters to sell 80% of foreign exchange earnings. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, said that all social spending of the budget would be met, and banks would additionally capitalize, if necessary. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation had been systematically preparing for quite a long time for possible sanctions, including the most severe ones, with which Russia is facing now. And answering the question whether Russia would have a mirror response to the sanctions that were imposed against it, he said that Russia's responses would be built mainly in terms of the expediency and interests of Russia.Situation development — in the online report >> Disarm and defuse: Demilitarization of UkrainePosted by: K. Ivannikov
