Zelenskyy has revealed new sanctions Ukraine is asking for from the EU

The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Ihor Zhovkva, believes that the EU should impose stronger sanctions as a matter of urgency, sanctions which Ukraine has already proposed.

He made this statement in an interview with 1+1.

Zhovkva insists that the EU should not wait until something happens to impose additional sanctions.

"When President Macron spoke after the Versailles summit (about his readiness) to impose even more sanctions if the situation worsens, our question to him is: how many more lives of Ukrainian citizens and Ukrainian children should be sacrificed for there to be these sanctions? How long must the war last before the EU uses its sanctions potential to its full capacity?" - Ihor Zhovkva explained.

The deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Office also listed the sanctions that Ukraine is insisting should be imposed.

These include, among others, full disconnection of Russia from SWIFT, not just for the list of seven sanctioned banks. "All major banks (should be disconnected), including Sberbank, Gazprombank and all others," he explained.

Another Ukrainian proposal is to close the ports of all EU member states to ships carrying Russian goods.

"(Ukraine also proposes) freezing and confiscating Russian hard currency accounts in European banks. Why am I talking about European banks? Because other states are being fairly active in implementing sanctions, so we are directing our efforts specifically towards the EU," he explained.

"Another idea is not to issue visas to Russian citizens or even to revoke existing visas at the level of the entire EU, rather than individual countries.

We are talking about this on a daily basis with EU leaders. But again, unfortunately, the decision-making process is rather slow," he noted.

As previously reported, Germany plans to give up oil and coal from Russia by the end of the year.