EU to Unveil ‘Most Far-Reaching’ Sanctions Against Russia This Autumn
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The European Union is preparing its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to the bloc’s top diplomat.
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, told the German newspaper *Die Welt* that new measures will be introduced in the coming months.
“EU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia’s war machine of over €1 trillion (US$1.16 trillion),” Kallas said. “For autumn, I am putting forward the most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war.”
Once adopted, the new restrictions would immediately raise the total number of sanctioned targets, though Kallas did not specify which sectors or individuals would be affected.
The announcement signals a deliberate escalation in the EU’s economic pressure campaign against Moscow, as the conflict enters its third year.