“Unprecedented isolation”.

For Brussels, the sanction to come vis-à-vis Moscow is clear from the fact.

Russia's military offensive against Ukraine was indeed described as "intolerable" on Thursday morning.

“The Russian leaders will have to face unprecedented isolation,” Josep Borrell, EU foreign minister, told the press in Brussels, stressing that the Twenty-Seven were preparing a new set of sanctions which is the “ severest ever implemented".

An exceptional EU summit was convened this Thursday evening in Brussels.

For her part, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, accused Vladimir Putin of ruining decades of peace in Europe, contrary to what the Russian people want.

“We will not let President Putin tear down the security architecture that has brought you peace and stability for decades.

We will not let it replace the rule of law with that of force,” said the head of the European executive.

Sanctions aimed at “weakening the economic fundamentals” of Russia

The first EU sanctions came into force on Wednesday evening against Moscow in response to Monday's recognition of the independence of separatist territories in eastern Ukraine.

They strike a total of 23 "leading figures", including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian military leaders (air, land, sea), as well as three banks, a company and 351 members of the Duma for their involvement in this recognition.

These individual sanctions consist of a travel ban and a freezing of assets in the EU.

Thursday morning, in front of the press, Ursula von der Leyen warned that the new sanctions would aim to "weaken the economic fundamentals" of Russia and its "capacity to modernize".

“We will prevent the access of Russian banks to European financial markets,” she assured.

Putin will be "accountable"

"We know millions of Russians don't want war," the German official said.

"President Putin is trying to return to the time of the Russian Empire, but by doing so he is jeopardizing the future of his people," added Ursula von der Leyen, calling on Moscow to "immediately" stop its violence and withdraw his Ukrainian ground troops.

Earlier, in a statement, EU leaders had already warned that the Russian authorities would have to "account", and that new sanctions with "massive consequences" would be examined with a view to "rapid adoption". “, during the summit of the leaders of the Twenty-Seven.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine "endangers the lives of countless innocent people" and "calls into question the peace" in Europe, Olaf Scholz lamented on Thursday.

"The Russian President is once again blatantly violating international law", denounced in a statement to the press the German Chancellor, for whom "nothing can justify all this".

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