On 12 October, EU plans to adopt most extensive list of sanctions against Russia since start of war, - Kallas
On Monday, 12 October, EU foreign ministers are set to adopt the most extensive package of sanctions against Russia’s war machine since the start of the war.
This was announced by the EU’s High Representative, Kaja Kallas, as reported by Censor.NET.
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"On Monday, EU foreign ministers are set to adopt the largest list of sanctions against Russia’s war machine since the start of the war," the report states.
Kallas noted that the suspension of sanctions against Russian diesel fuel provides Moscow with more revenue to wage war.
"Now is not the time to ease the pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so," she emphasised.
She also added that Russian strikes over two days had killed more than 80 Ukrainian civilians. Furthermore, Russia has intensified its hybrid attacks against Europe – targeting both EU member states and NATO allies.
Background
- On 9 October, US President Donald Trump stated that he had held talks with the Russian dictator Putin, with whom he had agreed on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia to US and global markets.
- According to him, Russia will "immediately" supply over 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, a further 500,000 tonnes in November, and another million tonnes "immediately afterwards".
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The US Treasury Department announced that, on Trump’s instructions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control is immediately issuing a temporary general licence to permit the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the global market.
- In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s authorisation to sell petroleum products as an "investment in war" and called on the US to hold firm talks with Moscow and impose sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act.
- It should be recalled that, against the backdrop of Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, the Russian authorities have repeatedly extended the ban on diesel fuel exports until at least the end of October.
- The US President has publicly stated that Ukraine must cease its strikes on the Russian energy sector, as this, he claims, is leading to a diesel fuel shortage. According to him, the shortage has arisen precisely because of the war in Ukraine, and not because of the US war against Iran.
- Similar statements have been made by other US politicians. For instance, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Ukrainian strikes on the Russian energy sector were causing an energy crisis. He cited the war with Iran as the second cause of the crisis.
