Reuters: Ukraine Has Proposed A Tough Sanctions Plan Against Russia To The EU While The US Hesitates
6- 21.05.2025, 12:18
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The U.S. is hesitant for now.
Ukraine will ask the EU to consider sweeping new steps to isolate Moscow. The measures include seizing Russian assets and imposing sanctions on some buyers of Russian oil
According to Reuters.
Ukraine's white paper, to be presented to the EU next week, calls on the 27-nation bloc to take a more aggressive and independent stance on sanctions as uncertainty from Washington persists.
The 40 pages of recommendations include calls for legislation that would speed up the EU's seizure of assets from sanctioned individuals and send them to Ukraine.
In addition, Ukraine is asking the EU to extend sanctions to foreign companies that use blockchain technology to aid Russia, as well as to "impose secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian oil."
Such secondary sanctions, which could hit major buyers such as India and China, would be an important step that Europe has so far been hesitant to take. U.S. President Donald Trump discussed it publicly before deciding not to act at this time.
The white paper also calls on the EU to consider using the majority principle when deciding on sanctions to prevent individual member states from blocking measures that otherwise require unanimous adoption.
US rejection
After speaking with Vladimir Putin on May 19, Trump decided not to impose new sanctions against Russia, dashing the hopes of European leaders and Kiev, which had been urging him for weeks to increase pressure on Moscow.
A source familiar with the conversation told Reuters, Trump spoke to Ukrainian and European leaders after his conversation with Putin and told them he did not want to impose sanctions now and wanted to give time for negotiations.
The EU and Britain imposed additional sanctions against Russia on May 20, saying they still hoped Washington would join them. But the Europeans are openly discussing ways they can pressure Moscow if Washington is no longer willing to participate.
"EU Catalyst"
As Reuters notes, Ukraine has sought to publicly avoid any hint of criticism of Washington since President Vladimir Zelensky was reprimanded by Trump at the White House in February.
The sanctions document emphasizes the "unprecedented" nature of the sanctions imposed by the EU so far and says they have the potential to do more. It also includes a harsh assessment of the Trump administration's commitment to coordination efforts.
"Today, Washington has effectively ended participation in virtually all intergovernmental platforms dedicated to sanctions and export controls," the statement said.
Washington has slowed a monitoring group to enforce price limits on Russian oil, dissolved a federal task force dedicated to prosecuting sanctions violations, and redirected a significant number of sanctions experts huge," a senior Ukrainian government official told Reuters.
The EU cannot fully replace the weight of the United States in applying economic pressure on Russia. Much of the impact of U.S. sanctions comes from the dollar's dominance of global trade, which the euro cannot match.
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