Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US stated on August 12, 2022, that Ukraine is calling on the administration of US President Joe Biden to introduce sanctions against all Russian private banks in order to deprive President Putin of the opportunity to wage war.
Source: Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Oksana Markarova
According to Markarova, Ukraine’s capital wants the US to add several Russian banks a week to its list of sanctioned financial institutions. The ambassador added that she has forwarded a relevant request about this to the US Treasury Department.
“Sanctions are as important as weapons,” Markarova said.
According to her, every Russian bank is a legitimate target for sanctions because they are all effectively involved in financing Putin’s campaign.
“As soon as one bank is sanctioned, some other private bank suddenly becomes a financier of the industry or military,” she said, adding that she’s also pushing for the State Department to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
“While a couple of banks could be spared for certain purposes, everything else should be sanctioned, because all of them are engaged in financing their terror machine that is conducting war.”
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