EU permanent representatives agree on new sanctions against Russian oligarchs

EU logo BRUSSELS, Mar 9 because of Ukraine, including against «Russian oligarchs and members of their families,» the French delegation currently chairing the EU Council said in a statement. «The permanent representatives approved new sanctions against Russian officials, oligarchs and members of their families involved in Russian aggression against Ukraine,» the delegation said on Twitter. 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 Kiev 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian president stressed. Western countries began to introduce various restrictive measures against Russia, and also expanded sanctions against Minsk for its support of the Russian military special operation.Europe is looking for options to reduce its damage from sanctions. It turns out bad