Sanctions should be expanded against Russian proxies that help manufacture weapons – Yermak

Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak called for expanding sanctions against covert Russian companies, which help Russia buy components for weapons production

Andriy Yermak wrote about this on Telegram.

"We need to extend sanctions and take a substantive approach to the issue of proxies, thanks to which the enemy, albeit with problems, finds opportunities to obtain components for weapons production. This is a matter of global security," he wrote.

• EU has noted that plans to confiscate Russian assets, primarily state-owned ones of about $350 billion, are unprecedented and complex