Kyiv urges travel ban on Russians as Moscow steps up assault in eastern Ukraine


  • World
  • Tuesday, 09 Aug 2022

Police officers work next to a destroyed car after a Russian military strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's president called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some European states but angered Moscow, which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how to deal with Moscow have long persisted between some eastern and western members.

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