JAKARTA - The European Union plans to include 170 individuals and legal entities on a blacklist as part of the 21st sanctions package, including 90 Russian banks.
This step will increase the number of Russian banks subject to sanctions to half of all Russian financial institutions involved in international transactions, Reuters reported, citing diplomatic sources.
"Steps will also be taken against companies from third countries as part of the upcoming package of anti-Russian sanctions," wrote the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Kaja Kallas on X.
Kaja Kallas earlier said Europe "will never be a neutral mediator" between Russia and Ukraine, stressing that the bloc was firmly supporting Kyiv by trying to increase pressure on Moscow.
"One thing is very clear: Europe will never be a neutral mediator between Russia and Ukraine because we are on the side of Ukraine and we defend our own core security interests," Kallas told reporters after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Limassol, Cyprus, Greece, Friday, May 29.
Kallas stressed that Ukraine and Russia ultimately need to negotiate directly.
"It is very important that we encourage Ukraine and Russia to talk to each other, because there are so many issues that only they can decide and no one else," said Kallas.
"There may be countries that engage in this back-and-forth diplomacy, but in the end, they are the ones who must sit down to discuss issues that only they can decide," he said.
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