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- May 13, 2023
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- Student or Learner
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- Ukrainian
- Home Country
- Ukraine
- Current Location
- Ukraine
The Council today renewed for a further 6 months its restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, until 31 July 2024. These sanctions, first introduced in 2014 in response to Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, were significantly expanded since February 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and illegal military aggression against Ukraine.
I found the above text on this website. I wonder if "have been" would work here in place of the bolded "were." I'm asking because most of the time I see the present perfect used when there's the word "since."
I found the above text on this website. I wonder if "have been" would work here in place of the bolded "were." I'm asking because most of the time I see the present perfect used when there's the word "since."