Ukraine crisis: Prez Zelenskyy slams allies for 'looking on from a distance'

The sanctions imposed on Moscow are not enough to curtail Russian military operations against Ukraine the countrys President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday and added that they are defending their country aloneSpeaking after a reported Russian operation in the capital of Kiev Zelenskyy said the world was still just observing the events in Ukraine from a distanceThis morning we are defending our country alone Just like yesterday the most powerful country in the world looked on from a distance he said in a Facebook video as quoted by CNNRussia was hit with sanctions yesterday but these are not enough to get these foreign troops off our soil Only through solidarity and determination can this be achieved he addedLeaders from a number of countries including the UK the US Canada and the European Union have condemned Russias military operations in Ukraine They have also imposed heavy sanctions on RussiaUS President Joe Biden on Thursday said that the US will introduce a new wave of sanctions against Russia in a broad effort to isolate Moscow from the global economyThe new package of sanctions aims to cut Russia off from the US financial markets and includes freezing the assets of four major Russian banks including VTB Bank the nations secondbiggest bankHours after that President of the European Council Charles Michel said that the EU has made a political decision to impose additional sanctions on Russia over its military operation in UkraineWe took a political decision to add an additional package of mass sanction which will be painful for the Russian regime Michel said after the extraordinary EU SummitEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the new EU sanctions against Russia will hit 70 percent of the Russian banking sector key staterun corporations and deprive Russia of access to modern technologiesFirst this package includes financial sanctions that cut Russias access to the most important capital markets We are now targeting 7037 of the Russian banking market But also key stateowned companies including in field of defense von der Leyen said after the extraordinary EU SummitRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized Ukraines breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entities Later Putin ordered special military operations to protect the people in eastern Ukraine and demilitarise the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever