On Friday 24 October, leaders of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ announced their intention to increase pressure on Russia, a day after the EU adopted the 19th package of sanctions and the US announced sanctions on Russian energy(see EUROPE B13737A6).
In a joint statement issued after a meeting, the leaders stressed the importance of increasing economic pressure on Russia “from now and until a just and lasting peace for Ukraine has been secured”.
They decided to take further steps to...