US to impose full blocking sanctions against RDIF, Psaki says

White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiWASHINGTON Feb. 26 US to impose full blocking sanctions against Russian Direct Investment Fund due to events in Ukraine, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. economy with high growth potential,» she wrote on Twitter. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier announced that he had decided on a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» The President of the Russian Federation stated that the entire responsibility for the bloodshed would be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine, and called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and aviation are disabled by high-precision weapons. The ministry assured that the civilian population is not in danger.