EU plans most far-reaching sanctions on Russia in coming months

The European Union intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its Ukraine" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="142386" data-entity-type="event">war in Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a ‌German newspaper.“EU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia’s war machine of over €1 trillion (US$1.16 trillion) and for autumn I am putting forward the most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war,” she told Die Welt.“Once adopted, they would immediately raise the total number of sanctioned Russian entities by a third. The pressure must keep growing until Moscow ends its ⁠war,” said Kallas, who leads the European External Action Service (EEAS) – the EU’s diplomatic service.