Today, we welcome the Council's adoption of the 18th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war in Ukraine.

The new measures intensify pressure on the banking, energy, and military-industrial sectors, while implementing a newly designed, dynamic oil price cap.

We will keep piling on the pressure until Russia ends its war.

Our support for Ukraine and its people is unflinching.

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@EUCommission Without making a moral judgement, I see that imposing sanctions on Israel will only lead to an escalation to the suffering in Gaza, as Israel will then be closer to a ‘nothing to lose’ scenario. This can be used as a bargaining chip and increase aid to Gaza as has been done. The way to end the current scenario is to return the hostages and thus the ball is in the court of Hamas. The people of Gaza should be putting tremendous pressure on Hamas to do so.