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2022-02-25 03:37:35 Japan is imposing new sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says. The sanctions include:

freezing capitals of Russian citizens and entities;
ban on issuing visas to Russian citizens;
freezing assets of Russian financial organizations;
ban on goods that may be used for military purposes;

Kishida also says it is too hard to predict the impact of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on the course of the Japanese-Russian peace treaty talks. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 03:26:52 The Anonymous hacking group has declared a cyberwar on Russia over the latter's military operation in Ukraine, as well as claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the RT broadcaster. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 01:45:08 The EU sanctions imposed on Russia over the military operation in Ukraine will have a mid-term effect, not an immediate one, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 01:22:58 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared to hold general mobilization in Ukraine within the next 90 days. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 01:20:59 The UK is working with its allies on the possibility to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT international financial system over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, the UK Foreign Office says.

"We will not rest until Russia’s economy has been degraded and Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity restored," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss adds. Open / Comment

2022-02-25 00:14:58 Biden on new sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine: Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars, euros and yen "degrade" its aerospace industry, reduce its ability to build ships and compete economically “stop”… Open / Comment

2022-02-25 00:13:38 In a “heated” phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave extensive explanations of why he decided to launch a special military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

Macron urged Putin to “immediately end" the military operation in Ukraine. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:45:17 West expects Kiev to fall WITHIN HOURS, with “Ukraine’s air defenses mostly eliminated,” the Bloomberg Opinion executive editor tweeted on Thursday. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:02:02 Russian national airline Aeroflot is prohibited from operating flights to or from the UK until further notice, as part of Boris Johnson’s sanctions in response to Putin’s military operation in Ukraine, a UK Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson said. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 22:55:49 Biden on new sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine:

Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars, euros and yen

"degrade" its aerospace industry, reduce its ability to build ships and compete economically

“stop” the ability to finance and grow the Russian military

maximize long-term impact on Russia while minimizing the effect on America and its allies

target four more major Russian banks, including second-largest bank VTB

SWIFT cutoff is “always an option,” but right now is not the position that Europe wishes to take Open / Comment