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SanctionsTargetSevenSeparatistsinUkraine
WASHINGTON–TheU.S. Departmentof theTreasurytodaysanctionedsevenseparatistsin Ukraineresponsiblefor or complicitinactionsor policiesthatthreatenthepeace,security, stability,sovereignty,or territorialintegrityof Ukraine,and/orassertinggovernmentalauthority overapartor regionof Ukrainewithouttheauthorizationof theGovernmentof Ukraine.These actionsweretakenpursuanttoExecutiveOrder(E.O.)13660.
“TheUnitedStateswillcontinuetotakeactiontoholdaccountablethosepersonsengagedin effortstodestabilizeCrimeaandeasternUkraine,”saidUnderSecretaryforTerrorismand FinancialIntelligenceDavidS. Cohen.“Theseindividualshaveallcontributedtoattemptsto illegallyunderminethelegitimategovernmentinKyiv, notablyby falselyproclaimingleadership positions andfomentingviolentunrest.”
VyacheslavPonomaryov,aseparatistleader,hasdeclaredthattherebelshaveadopteda “take- no-prisoners”approachwithfutureclasheswith theUkrainiansecuri<
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