President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the approval of the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia and emphasized that "this will help reduce the economic basis of the war," UNN reports.
Today I would like to thank our partners in the European Union - the 12th package of EU sanctions has been approved. It is important that for the first time there is a ban on Russian diamonds. New measures against sanctions circumvention and against the supply of dual-use goods and technologies to Russia... There are new restrictions on imports from Russia. All of this will really help to reduce the economic basis of the war, and we will continue to work with our partners to ensure that the sanctions imposed by Europe work globally
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The EU Council today officially adopted the 12th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia, including a ban on the import, purchase or transfer of diamonds from Russia.