EU stepping up To support Ukraine.

We are stepping up our support for Ukraine. For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to a country under attack. We are also strengthening our sanctions against the Kremlin. 

We are stepping up our support for Ukraine.

For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to a country under attack.

We are also strengthening our sanctions against the Kremlin.
https://t.co/qEBICNxYa1

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022

First, we are shutting down the EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian registered or Russian-controlled aircraft.   They won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the EU.   Including the private jets of oligarchs.

Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU.

The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries,
will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.

We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe. pic.twitter.com/7RcPEn6E14

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022

Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU.   The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.   We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.

Third, we will target the other aggressor in this war, Lukashenko’s regime, with a new package of sanctions, hitting their most important sectors.

All these measures come on top of the strong package presented yesterday,
agreed by our international partners. pic.twitter.com/ikN99V14zU

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022

Third, we will target the other aggressor in this war, Lukashenko’s regime, with a new package of sanctions, hitting their most important sectors. All these measures come on top of the strong package presented yesterday, agreed by our international partners.

The EU and other European countries closing their airspace to all Russian aircraft will effectively create a 3,000+ km long wall, adding a huge cost in fuel and time to any flights going west from Russia. pic.twitter.com/ufHpsF54Ff

— Suffolk Broad 🇪🇺🇵🇱🇬🇧 #Article49er (@anna_damski) February 27, 2022