Video of the day after the Russian Federation on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the EU to start work on the eighth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. Before that, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba stated that Kyiv is expecting an eighth package of sanctions against the aggressor country in September. He also said that there is no doubt about accepting a new package.
The EU adopted the seventh package of sanctions against Russia on July 21. The EU has introduced a ban on gold operations with the Russian Federation, including jewelry. The EU has also expanded the list of sub-goods that can contribute to the military-technical development of the aggressor country or its defense and security sector, increasing the export control of dual-use goods and advanced technologies.
Since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Hungary has been against the imposition of sanctions against Moscow, and did not allow the supply of Western weapons through its territory to Kiev. On September 18, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban made a pro-Russian speech and declared the EU's rapid collapse.
On September 15, the European Parliament stated that they no longer consider Hungary a full -fledged democracy and recognize it as "electoral autocratia" because of the actions of the Hungarian government and Orban. Parliament condemned "the intentional and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government to undermine European values. " On September 18, the European Commission recommended that the EU suspend Hungary funding worth about 7.
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