{"id":357840,"date":"2025-08-19T22:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357840\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:18:16","slug":"eu-to-target-russias-war-economy-with-19th-sanctions-package-by-next-month-united24-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357840\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to Target Russia\u2019s War Economy With 19th Sanctions Package by Next Month \u2014 UNITED24 Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union is\u00a0preparing its 19th package of\u00a0sanctions against Russia, which could be\u00a0finalized by\u00a0September, EU\u00a0foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kajakallas\/status\/1957828485222728153\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on\u00a0August\u00a019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The EU will also continue targeting Russia\u2019s war economy. The next sanctions package against Moscow should be ready by next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kajakallas\/status\/1957828485222728153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe unity among EU\u00a0leaders in\u00a0today\u2019s virtual Summit was palpable. Everyone is\u00a0committed to\u00a0a\u00a0lasting peace that protects both Ukraine\u2019s and Europe\u2019s vital security interests,\u201d Kallas said on\u00a0X.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin \u201ccannot be\u00a0trusted to\u00a0honour any promise or\u00a0commitment,\u201d underscoring the need for \u201cstrong and credible\u201d security guarantees to\u00a0prevent Moscow from regrouping and launching future attacks.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Kallas, the EU\u00a0will support those guarantees by\u00a0training Ukrainian troops and bolstering Ukraine\u2019s defense industry. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1c37c58b35fec04c7407df123b332497.jpg\"  alt=\"Zelenskyy After White House Talks\u2014Path to\u00a0Peace, $90B US\u00a0Weapons, Territorial Issues\" width=\"1058\" height=\"596\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt class=\"sr-only\">Category<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\" class=\"c-entry__category\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latest news<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/zelenskyy-after-white-house-talks-path-to-peace-90b-us-weapons-territorial-issues-10861\" class=\"u-link-overlay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelenskyy After White House Talks\u2014Path to\u00a0Peace, $90B US\u00a0Weapons, Territorial Issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Aug 19, 2025 04:19\n        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU\u00a0will also continue targeting Russia\u2019s war economy. The next sanctions package against Moscow should be\u00a0ready by\u00a0next month,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u00a0have placed these topics at\u00a0the top of\u00a0our agenda for discussions next week among EU\u00a0foreign and defence ministers,\u201d Kallas concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/european-leaders-speak-on-ukraine-at-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-in-washington-10858\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">followed<\/a> high-level discussions on\u00a0August 18\u00a0between US\u00a0President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and several European leaders focused on\u00a0advancing negotiations toward peace.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, it\u00a0was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron also <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/macron-warns-russia-of-tougher-sanctions-if-peace-talks-fail-10866\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> Western nations are prepared to\u00a0increase pressure on\u00a0Russia if\u00a0ongoing negotiations do\u00a0not produce results.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eafb37d58e8a8955d5ea623716b90aac.png\" data- alt=\"Allies of Steel\" width=\"1026\" height=\"577\" class=\"lazy\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/static\/build\/img\/logo.qJ-S0EWo.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"169\" height=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fundraiser for Lifesaving Ground Robots<\/p>\n<p>\n                Related articles\n            <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union is\u00a0preparing its 19th package of\u00a0sanctions against Russia, which could be\u00a0finalized by\u00a0September, EU\u00a0foreign policy chief Kaja&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699],"class_list":{"0":"post-357840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-european-union"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115057754772821321","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357840","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=357840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}