Swift: EU leaders line up to back banning Russia from banking network

Cyprus and Hungary also said they would support such a measure.

But on Saturday, Kuleba said the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, had supported cutting Russia out of Swift during a phone call with him. Writing on Twitter, he also said that France was ready to supply Ukraine with weapons and military equipment.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister, also called Zelenskiy on Saturday, saying that the country supported the harshest EU sanctions and was ready to provide assistance.

Hungary said it would support all EU sanctions.

The Cypriot finance minister, Constantinos Petrides, said Cyprus would also not oppose any EU sanctions.

It followed speculation that Cyprus, which has significant business links with Russia and Ukraine, was among countries with reservations about cutting Russia from Swift.