The building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 12.The Parliament of Ukraine approved the decree of Volodymyr Zelensky on the forcible seizure of property of the Russian Federation, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. — channel. «Sberbank of Russia» and «Web.RF» in Ukraine. The financial assets of the subsidiaries of Sberbank and VEB are also subject to withdrawal. The Cabinet of Ministers and the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine are given 10 days from the date of publication of Zelensky's decree on its entry into force. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
