EU Says It Will Unveil Its Largest Ever Sanctions Package Against Russia This Autumn

According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, citing IRNA, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told German newspaper Die Welt, in an interview published Monday, 26 Mordad 1405 (August 17, 2026), that the bloc plans to unveil a new, wide ranging sanctions package against Russia this autumn, calling it the largest since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

Kallas said that if approved, the number of Russian individuals, companies and entities under EU sanctions would grow by a third of the total imposed since the war began. She said the 21 sanctions packages adopted so far have cost Russia's war economy more than one trillion euros; the most recent, the 21st package, was adopted on 1 Mordad 1405 (July 23, 2026) and targeted 170 Russian legal entities and 48 individuals.