President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine believes that it is too early to even ease sanctions against Russia, and on the contrary, to introduce new sanctions until the Russian Federation wants to end this war. Zelenskyy said this at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, reports UNN.
We believe that it is too early to even ease sanctions. We are talking with partners to prepare new sanctions, on the contrary, until Russia wants to end this war. New packages are needed until they want to end the war, and the removal is the next stage. The issue of sanctions was not on the agenda of our meeting with the American side during the meeting in Saudi Arabia. In principle, there was a meeting in one country, and we saw three declarations. It is not so easy to figure it out there. But in our bilateral agenda there were exactly the sky, the sea, the children and the captured military and civilians. We discussed these issues. We also discussed, frankly, stopping any attacks on any civilian infrastructure, and it seems that our American partners supported us, but we did not receive support from the Russian side at this moment. Therefore, the issue of sanctions in Saudi Arabia did not sound for us. And that's why we treat it like this: somewhere, someone, is talking about something
Macron named the conditions for lifting sanctions from Russia26.03.25, 22:06
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Earlier, a spokesman for the European Commission stated that the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine will be one of the main conditions for the cancellation or amendment of EU sanctions.