"The displaced from Ukraine to EU countries could reach up to seven million".
The commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis response Janez Lenarcic said at a press conference.
"Stop transactions with the Russian central bank and freeze its assets abroad. Exclusion of major Russian banks from Swift".
This was confirmed by the president of the EU Commission Ursula Von der Leyen in a statement in which she stressed that "the assets of the Russian oligarchs will be affected".
"For the first time ever, the European Union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and crews for a country under attack. It is a watershed moment".
Von der Leyen clarifies this regarding the European Peace Facility with which the Union will finance the purchase of even lethal material.
"In an unprecedented move, we will ban the presence of the Kremlin media machine in the EU. Russia Today and Sputnik, which are controlled by the government,
and the newspapers linked to them will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin's war and create divisions in the Union.
We are developing tools to ban this toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe. "We will introduce restrictive measures" against "the most important sectors" of the Belarusian economy.
"Stop the export of products such as mineral fuels, tobacco, timber, cement, iron and steel. And the ban on trade will be extended" for those sectors on which "Russia has been sanctioned".
"All Belarusians who are supporting this war will be sanctioned", adds Von der Leyen, calling Minsk "the other aggressor".
"Our airspace will be closed to all Russian aircraft,
including the private jets of the oligarchs. "" We continue to coordinate closely with our partners around the world.
And we remain in close contact with our Ukrainian friends.
President Zelensky's leadership and his courage and the resilience of the Ukrainian people are impressive and exceptional.
They are an inspiration. "
Ukraine is calling on partners who support it to impose an immediate embargo on Russian oil and gas, stained with our blood, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. Ukraine is calling on partners who support it to exclude Russia from Swift altogether.
"Some countries are trying to ban certain banks from Swift's ban, so as to impose sanctions with one hand and continue doing business with Russia with the other. Don't do that. History will judge you," the minister added.