EU wants tougher sanctions against Russia

Twenty-seven foreign ministers will discuss the new proposals on Monday. Among these was a ban on buying gold from Russia to align EU sanctions with its G7 partners.

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EU foreign ministers will discuss tougher sanctions against Russia on Monday (July 18) after Moscow is accused of sending missiles to launch missiles from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

The governor of Dnipro region, Valentyn Reznichenko, condemned Saturday “Flood of Fire” In Nikopol territory, shooting Grad missiles in residential areas. “Rescuers found two dead under the rubble”He declared.

EU ministers are to consider, among other things, the European Commission’s proposal to ban gold purchases from Russia in line with sanctions by the EU’s G7 partners. Another plan aims to put new Russian personalities on the EU blacklist.

“Moscow will pay a high price for its aggression“, the President of the European Commission, Ursula van der Leyen, said after sending the new measures to the twenty-seven. According to a senior European official, during the initial discussion in Brussels about these new sanctions, no decision was expected.

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