(Finance) – Missiles over Kiev. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine now involves its capital, after the militias sent by the Kremlin they stopped yesterday in Chernobyl. According to a CNN crew, two explosions were heard in the center and one at some distance, while the Ukrainian press talks about the possibility that a Russian missile or plane was shot down over the capital.
“The attacks on Kiev with cruise or ballistic missiles are continuing,” confirmed Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Interior Minister. There are already 800 human casualties among the Russian forces and 137 men among the Ukrainian militias
The US, together with Albania, have asked for the vote in the UN Security Council on the draft of resolution condemning the aggression of Russia and the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, new ones are on the way financial sanctions against Moscow: sanctions against strategic sectors for the army and defense and sanctions capable of cut off Russia from financial flows and international trade. Among these is the stop to Russia’s access to the Swift system which regulates international payments.
In response, the Russian President Putin he assured entrepreneurs that Russia “will remain within the world economy” and “it will not affect a system of which it feels a part”. And speaking of sanctions, the Russian leader said “I don’t think it is convenient for our partners to push us out of the world economic system, but it could happen, and there will no doubt be some measures”. Moscow asked the Russian entrepreneurs “to help support the economic situation that will arise from this situation “, assuring that “the relationship between economy and government will be based on predictability”.
This morning, the Bank of Russia announced that it will provide “all the necessary support to the banks that I am fallen under sanctions Western states “, in particular VTB PJSC, Sovcombank PJSC, Novikombank JSC, Otkritie Financial Corporation PJSC Bank; PJSC Promsvyazban, JSC CB Russia and PJSC Sberbank. Banks. “prepared in advance a series of measures to ensure their uninterrupted operation despite the sanctions. “The central bank assures that all transactions in rubles as well as those in foreign currency will be fulfilled” in the usual way “.