US Continues Sanctions on Russia
The US State Department dropped witnesses against four individuals and institutions it claimed were involved in sending missiles from North Korea to Russia for the war in Ukraine.
In February 2022, Russia began a special military operation with the mission of demilitarizing and de-Nazifying the country after several months of tensions with NATO following requests for help from republics in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken Before the Russian operation in Ukraine, the United States and the West, by adopting a hostile policy towards Russia and ignoring Moscow's demands and security interests, created a battlefield in Ukraine, and during this operation, they provided comprehensive support to Ukraine . In this regard and according to the Reuters news agency, the US Department of State announced in a statement on Friday morning that the airline "224th Flight Unit" and its director, Vladimir Mikheychik, the military center "Asholok Firing Range" and the advanced weapons research center, Vladimirovka are in sanctions list. The new measures of US sanctions against Russia came as the country's Foreign Minister, Antony Blinken, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and foreign ministers from 47 other countries, on Tuesday in a statement condemning the transfer of missiles from North Korea to Russia, and demanding cooperation between the two countries. it was stopped immediately.
