EU will monitor countries that may re-export sanctioned goods to Russia - Special Representative O'Sullivan

EU Special Representative for Sanctions David O'Sullivan made the announcement in an interview with Ukrinform.

He noted that the priority is given to goods that can be used for military purposes.

"They go beyond the traditional definition of dual-use goods used in civilian and military spheres. Your government has recently identified them as being used in missiles and drones," O'Sullivan said.

He added that he had already visited countries that could re-export such goods to the terrorist country. According to him, he met a positive response there.

The special representative also noted that these countries do not want to be platforms for circumventing sanctions, as they "do not want to be responsible for exporting goods that could potentially kill Ukrainians." According to O'Sullivan, the EU has received clear commitments from these countries and will now monitor trade statistics.

"This is a task that we will have to do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis: checking statistics, looking at where this parallel trade or re-export of sanctioned goods may be taking place, and trying to stop it," the special representative said.

• On June 20, media reported that the Lithuanian optical device manufacturer Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide has not yet left the Russian market and is supplying goods to that country that could be used in the war against Ukraine.