Germany says EU will ‘severely’ sanction Putin and Russian FM Lavrov

German International Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday mentioned new sanctions towards Russia would personally punish President Vladimir Putin and International Minister Sergey Lavrov for his or her accountability within the invasion of Ukraine.

“They’re answerable for the loss of life of harmless folks in Ukraine. They’re accountable that the worldwide system is trampled and we as Europeans don’t settle for that,” Baerbock mentioned as she arrived for talks in Brussels.

In the meantime, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s workplace mentioned the UK and 9 different northern European protection allies agreed in a name that additional sanctions had been wanted on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

The UK chief advised the so-called Joint Expeditionary Pressure (JEF) bloc — which incorporates Baltic and Scandinavian states — that the disaster “was a defining second in European historical past.”

“The leaders agreed that extra sanctions had been wanted, together with specializing in [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin’s internal circle, constructing on the measures that had already been agreed,” his Downing Avenue workplace mentioned following the decision.

Johnson advised representatives from the 9 JEF members that “the western world should hold the flame of freedom burning in Ukraine as Russian forces inflict horror on an harmless nation and its folks,” it added.

German International Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) talks with Finland’s International Minister Pekka Haavisto earlier than a rare International Affairs Council assembly on Ukraine on the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 25, 2022 (François WALSCHAERTS / AFP)

He additionally mentioned that “extra assist have to be given to Ukraine, as a matter of the best urgency” and that Putin’s actions “might by no means be normalized, or his aggression towards Ukraine ever accepted as a fait accompli.”

The JEF, arrange in 2012, is made up of NATO members Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, and non-members Finland and Sweden.

It’s targeted on safety within the “Excessive North” area across the Arctic, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea space.

At a gathering of its protection ministers on Tuesday, they introduced upcoming maneuvres within the Baltic Sea to show “freedom of motion” within the strategic zone.

The warnings about focused sanctions on Kremlin leaders got here because the EU agreed to freeze European belongings linked to Putin and his International Minister Sergei Lavrov, officers and a European diplomat advised AFP.

It additionally adopted the bloc, Britain, and the USA unveiling a variety of sanctions on Thursday, additional focusing on the banking sector and Russian oligarchs.

Earlier Friday, Johnson pledged “additional UK assist to Ukraine” in a telephone name with President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russian forces closed in on the capital, Kyiv.

“President Zelensky up to date the prime minister on the latest Russian navy advances… together with the horrible developments in Kyiv,” Downing Avenue mentioned in a press release.

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson throughout a go to to Anglesey, North Wales, January 27, 2022. (Carl Recine/Pool Photograph by way of AP)

Britain has mentioned is able to present Ukraine with further navy assist, together with deadly defensive weapons however Protection Secretary Ben Wallace dominated out sending troops.

He advised BBC tv Britain would “maintain the road in NATO,” including: “I’m not placing British troops on to combat Russian troops.

“That might set off a European warfare as a result of we’re a NATO nation, and Russia would subsequently be attacking NATO.”

Johnson praised “the bravery and heroism of the Ukrainian folks in standing as much as Russia’s marketing campaign of violence,” in keeping with Downing Avenue.

“The Prime Minister dedicated to offer additional UK assist to Ukraine within the coming days because the folks of Ukraine and the world proceed to show that Putin can not act with impunity,” it added.

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