Ukraine shares proof with EU that Russia circumvents sanctions

Deputy head of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's administration Kostiantyn Yeliseyev has announced that the Ukrainian side handed over a document to the European Union that lists all facts of Russia's circumvention of EU sanctions, according to Channel 5.

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Information that Russia circumvents the sanctions was shared with representatives of the European Union at the Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv, he said.

Some European countries contribute to the circumvention, he said.

The document shared with the European side lists all facts and cases when Russia has succeeded in bypassing the EU sanctions.

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