The European Union plans to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. She says the measures are intended to further pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Kallas tells a German newspaper that EU sanctions have already had a major impact, depriving Russia’s “war machine” of more than €1 trillion. She also indicates that proposals due for autumn would include what she describes as the most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war. The reporting notes that, once adopted, the expanded listings would increase the overall number of sanctioned entities.
Outlets broadly agree on the announcement and timing—fresh expansion in the coming months and a more extensive set for autumn—while emphasizing similar claims about sanctions’ impact. The coverage relies on Kallas’s comments to Die Welt, and does not specify detailed sectors or names of the targeted measures in the excerpts provided.
