The European Commission unveiled, on Wednesday 28 September, a new package of sanctions aimed at weakening the Kremlin and its supporters and undermining the Russian war effort, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement to mobilise 300,000 reservists and the holding of manipulated referendums in the occupied Ukrainian territories, both of which are leading to an escalation of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
“We’re determined to make the Kremlin...