Ukraine bans all imports from Russia
A string of cargo ships are docked at the Black Sea port of Odessa in the war-hit Ukraine. The country yesterday banned all imports from Russia, which was one of its key trading partners before the war, when its annual imports were valued at $6 billion. Photo: REUTERS/FILE
Ukraine has banned all imports from Russia, one of its key trading partners before the war with annual imports valued at about $6 billion, and called on other countries to follow and impose harsher economic sanctions on Moscow.
"Today we officially announced a complete termination of trade in goods with the aggressor state," Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko wrote on her Facebook page on Saturday.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "From now on, no Russian Federation's products will be able to be imported into the territory of our state."
Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, exchange of goods and services between the two neighbouring countries has been virtually non-existent, but Saturday's move makes the termination of imports a law.
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