Poland will insist on tougher sanctions against Russia, said Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Rafal Trzaskowski.

on Thursday will be held in Brussels the Council on foreign relations of the EU, which will be discussed sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

"Poland wants the EU has analyzed the possibility of increasing punishments against Russia," said Trzaskowski, whose words are quoted by the Polish press Agency.

according to him, the European Union is obliged to analyse the current situation in Ukraine, " in order to show if there is any escalation of the conflict, the actions of the EU will be absolutely fundamental ".

Deputy head of the Polish foreign Ministry has noticed that " at present, absolutely everyone in the EU declare with one voice: does not have the ability to talk about the softening of the position (in Russia) ".

The Ukrainian authorities began in April 2014 in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat of the citizens of the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 5 thousand civilians. In September, facilitated by the OSCE and Russia, the Ukrainian Authorities and the self-proclaimed militia DND and LNR agreed in Minsk truce. Despite the fact that the militia and the Ukrainian Military periodically accused one another in the violation, in General, the reviews and the parties to the conflict, and observers from the OSCE, the ceasefire was respected. However, on January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict.


Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices began in December limits, when the head of the U.S. announced an economic blockade of the Crimea, and in the sanctions List included a number of famous figures from the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

The list of Russian Citizens and organizations, first fell under the sentence, the material of the Fins news

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