The Council of the European Union has adopted 17th package of sanctions on Russia.
“Russians want us to think that sanctions are not working, ‘they are hurting you more than they are hurting us’. This is not true. We see this from the intelligence reports. Of course, they are very good in propaganda, they always have been. We have to keep this in mind, but we see that actually, they are not doing that well,” said Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.
The 17th package of sanctions has hited Putin’s shadow fleet, adding to the list 189 vessels originating from third countries, bringing the total of designated vessels to 342.
In order to further curtail Russia’s revenue sources, the EU has also imposed restrictive measures on Surgutneftegaz, a major Russian oil company. Additionally, the EU imposed sanctions on over 45 Russian companies and individuals who provide the Russian army with drones, weapons, ammunition and military equipment. Sanctions have also been imposed on three Chinese, Belarusian and Israeli entities that supply crucial components to the Russian military, including for drone production.
“We continue working on the next strong package of sanctions to put more pressure on Russia so that they would also want peace,” stressed Kaja Kallas.
