On December 22, the EU Council extended sanctions “in connection with the ongoing actions of the Russian Federation destabilizing the situation in Ukraine for another 6 months, until July 31, 2026.”
The Council said in a statement that “the European Union remains ready to increase pressure on Russia, including by imposing additional sanctions.”
The EU Council imposed the first sanctions against Russia on July 31, 2014.
In addition to economic sanctions against the Russian Federation, the EU has taken various measures in response to Russia’s destabilizing actions against Ukraine. These include: restrictions on economic relations with illegally annexed Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, as well as with the government-controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhias; individual restrictive measures against a wide range of individuals and legal entities, as well as diplomatic measures.
Since February 24, 2022, the EU has adopted 17 unprecedented and harsh sanctions packages in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
