attempted attack<\/a> at Leipzig\/Halle Airport as \u201cstate-sponsored terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\nRecommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n
\u201cWe \u2060are working on new proposals to tighten sanctions enforcement and we are moving ahead with more sanctions,\u201d Kallas said.<\/p>\n
Russia has denied involvement in the incident, with President Vladimir Putin alleging that the evidence had been \u201cplanted\u201d. Three drones carrying explosives were found in and around the airport on August 4, temporarily disrupting air traffic.<\/p>\n
In a post on X on Wednesday, Kallas said the bloc was preparing to sanction an additional 1,600 individuals and entities linked to Russia\u2019s military sector and that the EU was \u201cready to add more\u201d.<\/p>\n
Kallas also highlighted broad support among the bloc\u2019s foreign ministers for imposing a ban on former Russian military personnel from visiting the EU, while also floating the prospect of tightening visa restrictions for Russian tourists.<\/p>\n
She added that Russia\u2019s representative to the bloc had been summoned by the EU and individual member states.<\/p>\n
The EU has attempted to apply as much pressure on Russia as possible without resorting to military means. To date, more than 3,000 Russian officials, oligarchs and companies have already been sanctioned since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that authorities were looking into how \u201cto cut deeper into Russia\u2019s war chest\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said the attempted attack at Leipzig\/Halle Airport marked \u201ca new escalation on European Union soil\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was not clear what, if any, effect further measures by the EU will have on Russia in terms of the Ukraine conflict, which has largely become a war of attrition.<\/p>\n
Kyiv has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure deep in Russian territory, while Moscow has taken advantage of Ukraine\u2019s lack of missile interceptors by carrying out regular strikes that have killed civilians.<\/p>\n
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has said Russia would have to live with the consequences of its actions, warning that a response had been carefully prepared.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s foreign ministry, meanwhile, said it had summoned Germany\u2019s envoy to the country, Bernd Finke, telling him that Moscow \u201ccategorically\u201d rejected being behind the failed drone attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas warns of more pressure after Germany blames Russia for attempted attack. Published…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1183041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[32302,2000,299,1699,1824,12,285,332,7661,657],"class_list":["post-1183040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-drone-strikes","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-germany","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-russia","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117203276385405018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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