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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss does not exclude that Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine could stretch for “several years” due to “Ukrainian resistance” and Western arms supplies to the Kiev authorities, and ultimately result in a conflict with NATO. The head of the Foreign Office warned about this in an interview with Sky News.
“I’m afraid it’s going to be a long way. This may take several years. We know that Russia has strong troops, but the Ukrainians are brave,” the minister was quoted by TASS as saying.
At the same time, she made it clear that Britain would not stop supplying defensive weapons to Ukraine.
As Truss is convinced, Western countries “should support Ukraine,” because otherwise the Russian Federation could allegedly “seize control” over other parts of Eastern Europe, which threatens to “conflict with NATO.”
In addition, the head of the Foreign Ministry said that Western sanctions against the Russian Federation are aimed at weakening Russian military power, Interfax notes.
Truss also warned that British authorities have compiled an extensive list of “Russian oligarchs” who will be sanctioned in the coming weeks due to Russia’s operation in Ukraine.
Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”
In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones. Sanctions, in particular, hit Russian banks, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank.
Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and access their financial systems.
You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine on February 27 here.
Source: Rosbalt
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