President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to apply sanctions against ten Russian athletes who support the aggression of the Russian Federation, are involved in the abduction of Ukrainian children, and illegally visit the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
This sanctions package was formed on the basis of a petition prepared by Ukrainian skeleton racer and member of the National Olympic Team of Ukraine Vladyslav Heraskevych.
Among the sanctioned individuals are those who visited the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions and the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula, publicly justify Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of Ukrainian territories, raise funds for Russian occupiers, and hold events for Ukrainian children illegally abducted by Russia.
“This Ukrainian sanctions package should be a signal to others around the world – a signal that one cannot simply turn a blind eye to support for aggression. When Ukrainians at the Olympics are forbidden to even mention the victims of Russian aggression, that is clearly a global rollback of justice. We will restore justice,” the President emphasized.