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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg

Biden signs order targeting anyone doing business in Putin-recognised Ukraine separatist areas

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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday prohibiting investment in areas of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin recognises as separatist states.

The order came after Mr Putin signed a decree recognising the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine’s east as independent entities.

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