# Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine

Date: 2022

## The fact

On 25 February 2022, after a National Security Council meeting, [Aleksandar Vučić](/people/aleksandar-vucic) said Serbia respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity and considers Russia’s military action wrong, and will not impose sanctions against Moscow.

## Context

[Vladimir Putin](/people/vladimir-putin) is the live counterpart. He is not stored as a co-belligerent. A later UNGA condemnation is a neighbouring hedge of the same week.

Invasion 24 February; 25 February refusal; later UNGA yes. Store the refusal as the owned instrument on ukraine-war. Keep Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine on 2022-02-25 separate from neighbouring 2017 oath, 2022 sanctions line, 1 November 2024 canopy, and 27 June 2026 announcement instruments.

The president of Serbia is head of state; the prime minister is formally head of government. SNS practice concentrates power. That office is not authorship of every Chinese contractor’s bolt, not a completed manslaughter conviction, and not a completed resignation without a gazette.

## Evidence and sources

Predsednik Republike Srbije carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

## What is established and what is not

Established: On 25 February 2022 Vučić said Serbia would not impose sanctions on Moscow, independently recorded.

Not established: That he despatched combat units, or a unique 2022 Ukrainian casualty coefficient from Belgrade.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

MFA implemented. He did not write an EU regulation and he is not stored as a co-belligerent.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine, not a later speech about Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine on 2022-02-25 is not a licence to treat every later Predsednik Republike Srbije communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Vučić says Serbia will not impose sanctions on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He set the line after the National Security Council. MFA implemented. He did not write an EU regulation and he is not stored as a co-belligerent. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Aleksandar Vučić: https://factrail.ai/people/aleksandar-vucic

## Drivers

- Ukraine war (Crimea–Donbas–2022+): https://factrail.ai/drivers/ukraine-war

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbia-will-not-impose-sanctions-against-moscow-president-says-2022-02-25/
- https://www.predsednik.rs/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/rs-no-sanctions-2022