EU flags near the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 19 EU authorities are investigating whether sanctioned Russian property could be used to fund Ukraine's reconstruction, Bloomberg reports. unnamed sources correspondent of the agency on Twitter. The funds can be used to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine, the agency reports. 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. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Western countries have introduced new anti-Russian sanctions, including against Russian banks and enterprises, in response to Russia's special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the Russian Federation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it.
Putin recorded the defeat of the West
