EU Adopts Its Largest-Ever Package of New Sanctions Against Russia

The President of the European Council announced that EU member states, in an unprecedented move since the start of the war in Ukraine, added nearly 1,600 new entities to their sanctions list, targeting Russia's military industry.

The head of the European Council announced that the member states of the European Union, in an unprecedented move since the start of the Ukraine war, added nearly 1,600 new items targeting Russian military industries to their list of sanctions.

According to Ambassador Arjan Antonio Costa, on Monday, by publishing a message on X social network, he announced that this decision is the largest one-time expansion of the list of EU sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine war.

According to Ambassador Arjan's narration, he repeated Europe's hostile positions against Russia and claimed that this union will continue to increase pressure against Moscow so that Russia comes to the negotiating table and shows its true commitment to ending the war.

Costa also claimed that no one wants peace more than Ukraine, and that the European Union will remain united and steadfast in its support of Kyiv and efforts to end the war.

The list of sanctions was previously approved by the ambassadors of EU member states on October 7th (October 15th) and includes individuals and companies active in the production of rockets, rocket engines, drones and other Russian military equipment. The names of 77 Russian politicians who participated in the parliamentary elections of Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine are also among the people subject to sanctions.

The approval of the new sanctions comes in the context of the recent agreement between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the liberalization of Russian diesel exports, which has made the disagreement between Washington and its European allies more obvious on how to deal with Moscow.

On Friday, Trump announced an agreement with Putin to supply Russian diesel to world markets with the aim of curbing the increase in fuel prices. This decision was criticized by the authorities of Ukraine and a number of European countries who believe that reducing restrictions on Russian energy exports can increase Moscow's income.

Kaya Callas, the head of the EU's foreign policy, had earlier criticized this agreement and said that this bloc, unlike Washington, does not intend to reduce the pressure of sanctions against Russia.