EU Imposes New Sanctions on Russia for Ukraine Conflict

The European Union has agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine, aimed at countering sanctions circumvention through third countries and businesses. The new package will target trade via other countries and prohibit the transit via Russia of products and technologies that might help boost its defense and security sector. The package will also target 71 extra persons and 33 entities in relation to the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Past sanctions have been agreed on in just months, but new measures are becoming increasingly hard to endorse as they inflict damage on the economic and political interests of some member countries even as they aim for the Kremlin.