{"id":45423,"date":"2025-03-08T07:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zelensky-urges-tougher-sanctions-on-russia-as-airstrikes-continue\/08\/03\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T07:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:09:35","slug":"zelensky-urges-tougher-sanctions-on-russia-as-airstrikes-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zelensky-urges-tougher-sanctions-on-russia-as-airstrikes-continue\/08\/03\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky urges tougher sanctions on Russia as airstrikes continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday renewed calls for stronger sanctions against Russia, emphasizing the need to protect lives and bolster air defences in response to continued attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following a Russian air raid on a mining town in eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed at least 11 people late on Friday, Zelensky wrote on Facebook: &#8220;Such attacks show that Russia&#8217;s goals have not changed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;That is why it is crucial that we continue to do our best to protect lives, strengthen our air defences and tighten sanctions against Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the recent suspension of US military aid to Ukraine, experts suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seizing the opportunity to accelerate his war objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A key goal is to gain full control over the contested regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which remain partially occupied by Russia troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/zelensky-urges-tougher-sanctions-russia-101821047.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday renewed calls for stronger sanctions against Russia, emphasizing the need to protect lives and bolster air<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/zelensky-urges-tougher-sanctions-on-russia-as-airstrikes-continue\/08\/03\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}