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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal attends their joint press briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (not in picture) after their joint press briefing as a part of the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo February 19, 2024. — Reuters pic
TOKYO, Feb 20 — Ukraine’s prime minister urged the European Union and Japan today to impose fresh economic sanctions on Russia after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The comments came after EU nations, such as Germany, Lithuania and Sweden, sought specific new penalties following Navalny’s death in a remote penal colony in Russia, while US president Joe Biden also warned Moscow could face consequences.
“We ask to implement this sanction on economic issues, in economic spheres and in political spheres on personalities,” Denys Shmyhal told a press conference in Tokyo, where he met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss reconstruction in Ukraine.
Shmyhal added that Kyiv looked forward to winning US Congress backing of an aid package to provide military support for Ukraine forces faced with a lack of ammunition, especially long-range munitions, to help target Russian supply lines.
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“We are fighting for democratic values for all the democratic world, this is an existential war of democracy against autocracy,” he said.
On Sunday, Russia said it had taken control of the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since the fall of Bakhmut in May, coming almost two years to the day since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
That Russian success came as US lawmakers continued to wrangle over a military aid package for Kyiv.
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Mike Johnson, Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, has said his chamber will not rush to consider a US$95.34-billion military aid package for Ukraine and Israel already passed by the Senate.
Japan’s government has pledged financial aid of more than US$10 billion to Ukraine so far, but has not provided any military aid as it forbids the export of lethal weapons. — Reuters
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