Von der Leyen announced the EU's continued anti-Russian sanctions

The European Union (EU) will maintain sanctions against Russia. This was announced on March 27 by the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen.

"It was very clear that the sanctions remain in force," she said in a video message posted on the Bluesky social network.

Von der Leyen stressed that the goal of the European Union is the intention to achieve a just and lasting peace agreement on the conflict in Ukraine. "Газета.Ru ".

The head of the EC also added that the EU member states are going to increase financial and military support for Kiev in the near future.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference following the summit of the Coalition of the Willing on March 27 that the participating countries had unanimously decided that the time had not yet come to lift sanctions against Russia. He stressed that the cancellation policy would not work until peace could be established in Ukraine.

In turn, the head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, acknowledged that anti-Russian sanctions are harming the economy of Central Asia. She clarified that in order to end the conflict, it is necessary to understand the importance of combating circumvention of restrictions.