US President Donald Trump extended for a year the national state of emergency, which was declared in 2014 in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The corresponding decision was published on the website of the US Federal Register on February 18, informs the portal PromPolitInform.
The state of emergency in the United States was introduced in accordance with the law on international emergency economic powers through the actions of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation, which undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine, threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and also contribute to the misappropriation of Ukrainian assets.
Previously, a series of executive orders of the President of the United States expanded the scope of the state of emergency:
2014 – annexation of Crimea and use of force by Russia in Ukraine (orders No. 13660, No. 13661, No. 13662);
2014 – additional measures in response to the occupation of Crimea (order No. 13685);
2018 – the implementation of sanctions against the Russian Federation (order No. 13849);
2022 – Russia’s recognition of the terrorist groups of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the threat to the sovereignty of Ukraine (order No. 14065).
“The actions and policies outlined in these executive orders continue to pose an extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy. Therefore, the national state of emergency, declared by executive order No. 13660 and extended by orders No. 13661, No. 13662 and No. 14065, under which additional measures were taken by orders No. 13685 and No. 13849, should remain in force after March 6, 2026,” the document says.
The document will enter into force on February 20.
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