Russia continues to bring death and devastation to Ukraine.
We stand by Ukraine and we are making Russia pay for its cruelty
The existing 8 packages of sanctions we introduced so far are already biting hard.
Today we are stepping up the pressure on Russia with a 9th package↓
1. Almost 200 more individuals and entities added to our sanctions list
2. Sanctions against 3 more Russian banks
3. Cutting Russia’s access to drones, directly and through potential third country suppliers like Iran
4. New export controls, particularly for dual-use goods that could be used by the Russian war machine
We also target the Russian propaganda machine by proposing to take 4 more channels off the air and we propose more economic measures against the Russian energy and mining sector