“This is not the first and not the last package”. Zelensky on sanctions against Poroshenko
13 February 17:23
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has explained the reason for imposing sanctions against former Ukrainian President and MP Petro Poroshenko.
He said this during a visit to the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant, according to Suspilne, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
According to the president, the sanctions will not be the last.
The sanctions were imposed because of the withdrawal of billions of hryvnias during the war, Zelensky said.
“I’m just surprised that financial monitoring did not show us anything before. I didn’t see it, and it’s hard to say how it was before me. Now the Security Service and financial monitoring are showing billions, and all these people, Medvedchuk and Poroshenko, are partners in this case, but I don’t want to blame them, the courts do. It’s not like someone is behind bars because of sanctions. Sanctions are restrictions on the use of certain money that was earned in this illegal way,” the president said.
Zelenskyy also said that he had information about alleged money laundering through funds aimed at supporting the Armed Forces. According to him, money from the funds was transferred to members of his party.
The President also added that those who have been sanctioned can return the withdrawn funds to the budget. They will be directed to the Armed Forces. Then the sanctions will be lifted, Zelensky said.
As a reminder, the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions against former President, MP, and leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko at a meeting on February 12.
Poroshenko himself called the decision “unconstitutional” and “politically motivated.”
