French President Emmanuel Macron claimed the sixth package of sanctions against russia to be effective. He stated this at a briefing at the end of the European Council, Ukrinform reports.
According to Macron, the sixth package of sanctions will allow imposing sanctions against more than 80 oligarchs.
Also - to ban three TV channels, to withdraw from SWIFT the main bank of russia, which represents 35% of the russian market and for the first time to impose sanctions on oil - 92% [the volume of its exports from russia] by the end of the year.
At the same time, he noted that support for the Ukrainian economy will be increased.
The European Union is looking for ways to use the frozen assets of russian oligarchs to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war.
Yesterday, the EU agreed on a sixth package of anti-russian sanctions, which includes a partial oil embargo.