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EU to boost 17th sanctions package against Russia with three additional measures

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    • 88:88
      Friedrich Merz
      We have to undertake all efforts to keep the Americans on our side,
      CNA
      Merz said
    • 88:88
      Mark Rutte
      I think Putin made a mistake by sending a low-level delegation
      Hürriyet Daily News
      Rutte also said
    • 88:88
      Ursula von der Leyen
      We are very much aligned on the fields where the sanctions must be,
      Politico Europe
      von der Leyen said
    • 88:88
      Kaja Kallas
      We clearly see that Russia does not want peace and everybody else does,
      Politico Europe
      Kallas said as she arrived at the summit hosted by Albania’s Edi Rama
    • 88:88
      Ursula von der Leyen
      This package will include, for example, sanctions on NordStream 1 and NordStream 2. It will include working on listing more vessels of the Russian shadow fleet and also lowering the oil price cap, and it would include more sanctions on the financial sector in Russia. For us it's important; we want peace and therefore we have to increase the pressure on President Putin till he's ready for peace,
      Ukrainska Pravda
      von der Leyen stressed
    • 88:88
      Ursula von der Leyen
      And finally he [Putin – ed.] offered a meeting directly between Ukraine and Russia in Türkiye, but President Zelenskyy was ready to meet. President Putin never showed up. And this shows the true belief of President Putin; he does not want peace. So we have to increase the pressure,
      Ukrainska Pravda
      von der Leyen said
    • 88:88
      Ursula von der Leyen
      He does not want peace, so we have to increase the pressure, and this is why we are working on a new package of sanctions,
      Reuters
      von der Leyen said, referring to Putin, before the European Political Community summit in Albania
    • 88:88
      Keir Starmer
      What we saw yesterday and overnight is yet more evidence that Putin is not serious about peace,
      Reuters
      British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said as he arrived at the Tirana summit
    • 88:88
      We would take inspiration from the magnitude” of his proposal
      Politico Europe
      said the official
    • 88:88
      Look, nothing is gonna happen until Putin and I get together,
      Politico Europe
      he said on board Air Force One
    • 88:88
      Our intention is to impose new sanctions against Russia in the coming days
      China Daily
      Macron said in an interview on TF1
    • 88:88
      We are further restricting access to battlefield technology. And we have listed an additional 189 shadow fleet vessels to target Russia's energy exports,
      China Daily
      she wrote on X on Wednesday, the same day that an EU court ruled she should have published text messages she exchanged with the CEO of Pfizer during the COVID-19 pandemic years
    • 88:88
      This war has to end. We will keep the pressure high on the Kremlin,
      China Daily
      she said
    • 88:88
      Should there not be a ceasefire, then we will act together in relation to sanctions,
      Irish Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      I think all the pressure is now on Putin,
      Irish Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      We will need to go further because the sanctions so far have not dissuaded Vladimir Putin from continuing his war of aggression … we must prepare to expand devastating sanctions that could suffocate, once and for all, Russia’s economy,
      Aljazeera
      said Barrot
    • 88:88
      On past performance, it’s hard to see how even more sanctions and additional punishments will stop the fighting,
      Aljazeera
      the analyst said
    • 88:88
      Jean-Noël Barrot
      Russia has found ways to circumvent the blockage imposed by Europe and the United States, so closing the tap would grab Russia by the throat,
      Aljazeera
      France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, told BFM TV
    • 88:88
      Most Russian people want life to return to normal and business owners are getting tired of war-related costs,
      Aljazeera
      the anonymous analyst told Al Jazeera
    • 88:88
      I think the EU cooked up these potential punishments to try and get Russia to agree to the 30-day ceasefire … it was the stick they were brandishing,
      Aljazeera
      said an analyst familiar with the matter who asked not to be named