Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has revealed details of the EU's new 22nd package of sanctions against Russia
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Heorgiy Tykhyy, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed details about the new 22nd package of sanctions that the European Union is preparing to impose on Russia.
Tykhyy spoke about this in an interview with “Shelter.”
In particular, according to the Ukrainian diplomat, now that Viktor Orbán has lost power in Hungary, Ukraine has managed to secure the inclusion of the names of certain Russian oligarchs in the EU’s 22nd sanctions package.
“During Orbán’s time, they were putting forward completely unacceptable demands or removing a whole bunch of people from the individual sanctions list—all these Russian oligarchs. You’ve seen and heard all that shameful talk, where they report to Lavrov and Putin that they’ve removed someone from the list. And we’re currently working on getting those names back on the list, by the way. Basically, it was the very first meeting of the Council of the European Union that Minister Sibiga attended, and his very first question was: “Orbán isn’t there—let’s add more names back,” Tykhyy said.
Some of those names have already been partially reinstated there (in the 22nd sanctions list—Ed.), and I hope we’ll reinstate the rest as well. As for Patriarch Kirill—or Gundyaev, as I believe he’s still known there—he’s still maneuvering, dodging between the raindrops, evading sanctions pressure, but there’s absolutely no justification for this. In our view, this person cannot be regarded as any kind of religious figure or leader at all. He is part of a regime that blesses the killing of Ukrainians. If anything, this person should definitely be on the sanctions list, just like all the rest
Heorhiy Tykhyy Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
As a reminder, in July 2026, the European Union imposed its 21st package of sanctions against Russia.
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