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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Jessica Elgot in London

Kyiv furious as EU fails to block Russia from Swift payment system

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted: ‘Everyone who now doubts whether Russia should be banned from Swift has to understand that the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women and children will be on their hands too.’ Photograph: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstock

The EU faced furious remonstrations from Kyiv as Europe’s leaders held back from imposing the potentially most damaging sanction on Russia, even as the Kremlin lay siege to Ukraine via land, air and sea.

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, voiced his anger shortly before EU heads of state and government decided against blocking Russia from an international payments system through which it receives foreign currency.

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