Russia Expands List of Permanently Banned U.S. Citizens

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 7. Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported: The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on the 6th to expand the list of US citizens permanently banned from entering the country. 61 people, including US Energy Secretary Granholm and Treasury Secretary Yellen, were arrested add to it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 6th that the relevant parties are trying to push Ukraine to an ending that the Ukrainian side absolutely does not want.

——The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on its website on the 6th, saying that in response to the expanding US sanctions against Russian political and public figures and business people, Russia will 61 mainly from US military enterprises, media, rating agencies, aircraft and shipbuilding companies. The person in charge of the U.S. State Department and some officials of the U.S. State Department who were involved in spreading rumors of “Russian cyberattacks” were added to the permanent ban on entry, including U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm and Treasury Secretary Yellen.

——According to the Ukrainian State News Agency, Ukrainian President Zelensky said in an interview with Ukrainian media on the 6th that the Ukrainian side has not conducted any negotiations on any plan, and the relevant parties want to push Ukraine as much as possible to a place that the Ukrainian side absolutely does not want. The ending without consulting the Ukrainian side, such an ending is only beneficial to the parties concerned, because they have their own interests.

CNN recently reported, citing multiple people familiar with the matter, that officials from the U.S., U.K. and EU countries have met regularly for weeks to discuss a negotiated framework for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The report said the discussions involved a “four-point framework” proposed by Italy in May, which included Ukraine’s neutrality between NATO and Russia, and Russia and Ukraine’s negotiating decision on the future status of the Crimea Peninsula and the Donbas region. .

——Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov reported on the 6th that the Russian army is completing the control of the city of Sviatogorsk in the Donetsk region and the surrounding areas. He said that under the onslaught of the Russian army, the remnants of Ukrainian troops gave up their weapons and equipment when the bridge was bombed and the supply was interrupted, and they scattered and fled to the areas along the North Donets River.

——The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces posted on social media on the 6th that the Ukrainian army still controls Severo Donetsk, and fighting continues in the eastern part of the city. In the direction of Slavyansk, the Russian army was preparing to resume the offensive.

——Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova said on social media on the 6th that imposing an oil embargo on Russia can only worsen the energy supply situation and make the initiators of Western anti-Russian sanctions suffer. Zakharova said that Russia is one of the world‘s largest energy producers, and imposing an oil embargo on Russia will only make things worse. The United States is urgently looking for oil and gas for itself and Europe around the world, but the United States has no way out.