Japan has imposed new sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine, TASS reports citing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

“We are freezing the issuance of visas to Russian citizens, freezing the assets of financial institutions, and restricting the export of goods to organizations associated with the military sector,” Kishida said.

Earlier, the leaders of the G7 agreed to impose "devastating" sanctions against Russia.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.

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