UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul. 23 — The 21st European Union sanction package against Russia will target the Russian financial system, its military-industrial complex, and energy sector, Kaja Kallas, an EU foreign policy chief and a vice president of the European Commission, said in her X account.

This morning, the package was approved at the EU ambassadorial level, after being blocked by certain countries for various reasons, the last of which was Greece, an unnamed EU official told European Pravda.

“We are hitting Putin where it hurts most: cutting off the financial lifelines he relies on to sustain his war,” Kallas said.

The vice president said that this package has the largest round of sanctioned people and entities, with 218 listings.

“We’ve hit more than 100 banks and crypto operators, over 40 shadow fleet vessels, and several oil refineries in Russia and Belarus, who help keep Moscow’s war going,” Kallas said.

She also said that the EU responded to Russia’s relentless attacks on civilians, infrastructure, and cultural heritage by listing more than 50 military-industrial entities, including key actors involved in the production of Russia’s long-range drones.

Kallos said this package is not the end of the EU’s sanctions, adding that the EU is already working on the next steps to provide new ones.

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