EU Adopts Nearly 1,600 New Sanctions Against Russia

Meanwhile, Moscow wants someone in the Ukrainian leadership to acknowledge the reality on the ground.

On Monday, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas informed that the European Union foreign ministers adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex.

She said more than half of the new listings were linked to the production chain for ballistic missiles, adding that it was the largest single expansion of the bloc’s sanctions list since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The measures are aimed at making it significantly harder, slower and more expensive for Russia to produce weapons used against Ukraine, she said.

Speaking ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg, Kallas said the new listings would also address what she described as “sham elections in Russia regarding the occupied territories of Ukraine.”

Kallas reiterated the EU’s position that continued pressure on Russia was necessary to end the conflict. She also called for greater coordination with the United States on sanctions against Russia, saying that such alignment would strengthen pressure on Moscow.

EU announces its ‘largest expansion’ of anti-Russia sanctions with 22nd package

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Ukraine Needs Political Will to Reach Peaceful Settlement: Kremlin

On Sunday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow wanted someone in the Ukrainian leadership to demonstrate the political will to recognize realities on the ground and work toward a peaceful settlement.

Peskov made the remarks in an interview with RIA Novosti in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on replacing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

On Saturday, Trump told journalists that it was time for Ukraine to elect a new president. He said Zelensky could have brought the Russia-Ukraine conflict to an end on several occasions but did not want to do so.

On Sunday, Zelensky told ABC News that he was ready to hold presidential elections in Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a 60-day ceasefire.

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