The EU threatened to hit Russia's ''weakest spot''

The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the air of the ARD television channel, announced the West's readiness to hit Russia's ''weakest spot'' in the event of an ''invasion'' of Ukraine. The politician clarified that it was about the introduction of new economic sanctions. According to her, this will mean that the country ''will be practically cut off from international financial markets.'' ''We will respond with the most powerful lever we have: economic and financial sanctions, because the economy is Russia's weakest point,'' says the der Leyen. At the same time, the head of the EC refused to answer the question of whether she meant Russia's disconnection from the SWIFT system. Von der Leyen also said that economic restrictions would affect ''all manufactured goods'' that Moscow needs to modernize and diversify the economy and which'' it cannot replace''.