Ukraine will extend and impose new sanctions against Russia next week. Oleksandr Turchynov, the Secretary of the National Security Defenсe Council of Ukraine (NSDC) claimed this at the 11th Kyiv Security Council, OstroV’s correspondent reports.
“I want to inform you that the NSDC session will take place next week by the order of the President and during which we will extend the current anti-Russian sanctions and duplicate the sanctions imposed by the US and other European countries”, - Turchynov noted.
He also thanked the European partners and the US for the imposing of the sanctions against Russia.
“We are grateful to our partners for the concern they express toward the Russian aggression in Ukraine. We thank for the sanctions imposed against Russia and the recent sanctions adopted by President Trump, the US that are really important and quite substantial and painful for Russia”, - Turchynov added.