President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday a mass burial site has been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Izium after the area was re-captured last weekend from Russian forces.
State Dept. announces new sanctions, including on those "supporting or enabling" theft of Ukraine’s grainUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the press before boarding a train during his visit in Kyiv on September 8.
The US State Department on Thursday announced a slew of new sanctions, including against five individuals for “supporting or enabling the theft of Ukraine’s grain” on behalf of Russia. “Today’s action includes the designation of 22 Russian proxy officials, including five that have overseen the seizure or theft of hundreds of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain, exacerbating food insecurity around the globe,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
The top US diplomat also said more actions would be taken “against major Russian defense entities, key advanced-technology firms that support Russia’s defense industrial base, and financial infrastructure,” as well as against a “Russian military intelligence agency and against individuals connected to human rights abuses, both in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine and within Russia itself.”
The State Department sanctions were among a series of actions taken by the Biden administration against Russia on Thursday. According to a State Department fact sheet, the individuals sanctions for their role in grain theft had been appointed to leadership roles in some of occupied regions of Ukraine. As CNN reported in May, Russian forces have stolen farm equipment and thousands of tons of grain from areas they were occupying.
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