There are a number of important sanctions that the European Union has not yet imposed against the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with The Economist.

The minister reproached the EU for the lack of political will and stressed that “half-measure sanctions” are not enough to stop the war in Ukraine.

“In the last ten days, I have seen some sanctions fatigue in some European countries. This sanctions fatigue is covered up with arguments: \; we do not need to rush into new sanctions until we fully understand the impact of the sanctions already in place; we cannot impose these sanctions because they will cause more damage to us than to Russia" What we saw at the start of the war was the rise of the European Union as a powerful player that could make a difference. What I see in the last ten days is that the EU is reverting to its usual state of being unable to decide on quick action.. It's unfortunate,"

Sanctions that are not enough to fully influence the Russian Federation:.

Disconnect the Central Bank of Russia and all Russian banks from SWIFT. The EU refuses to do so because " In fact, for this purpose, you can leave only one bank connected - for example, Gazprombank, and all the rest, including the largest Sberbank, can be disconnected.

Close European ports for Russian ships and transit of Russian goods. According to Kuleba, there is no clear explanation why this should not be done and “it seems that no one is against it.”.

Impose an embargo on Russian gas and oil. “Some countries are really heavily dependent on Russian gas and oil, and they can’t just give them up in one day..

But then, at least come up with a plan on how you are going to reduce your dependence and start paying less so as not to sponsor the Russian military machine, ”says Kuleba.

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Earlier in an article for The Hill, US national security experts Keith Alexander and Jameel Jaffer wrote that no matter how strong economic sanctions against Russia are, they will not be able to stop the war anytime soon.. The only way, in their opinion, for a ceasefire is to help Ukraine close the sky.