Lithuania President: New sanction package is Molotowcocktail against Moscow!

Lithuania President: New sanction package is Molotowcocktail against Moscow!

Litauen, Land - Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda called on the European Union to impose stronger sanctions against Russia. The background is the ongoing attacks of Russia on Ukraine, which has been fighting against a large -scale invasion since 2022. Nauseda describes the planned 18th sanction package as a "Molotowcocktail" and demands that Putin deserve harder sanctions than the current ones. These new sanctions are intended to increase the reactions to the continuous aggression in Russia, especially after the massive air raids that have been carried out on Ukraine in the past few days. The EU has already implemented the 17th sanction package last week, which in particular targets the Russian shadow fleet for the transport of oil and oil products.

The 17th sanction package was welcomed by the European Commission as significant progress. It contains far -reaching measures that aim to increase the pressure on the Russian economy and to increase the costs of Russia in the war. Sanctions include measures against the oil -giant Surgutneftegas and almost 200 ships in the shadow fleet mentioned. Russia's ability to achieve income from the trade is significantly restricted. The list of sanctioned companies is also expanded, which is a clear message from the EU: The financial resources of Russia are to be massively throttled to undermine war financing.

international reactions to the situation

President Donald Trump also called for new sanctions against Russia and described Putin as "absolutely crazy". Nauseda supports these views and sees the use of harder sanctions as justified. For Ukraine, which continues to receive military support from partner states, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that it would no longer accept reaching reaches to the country. Merz emphasizes that this regulation also applies to arms deliveries from Great Britain and the USA. This gives Ukraine the opportunity to attack military positions in Russia, which was previously only allowed in exceptional situations.

Merz currently does not see any suitable paths to make discussions to Vladimir Putin to settle the conflict because he fears that Putin could interpret such offers as weakness. The view that the war could take longer than originally wanted is also a message that was emphasized in the last political statements. In this context, the EU represents a strong sign of solidarity with Ukraine by consistently exerting pressure on Moscow and implementing sanctions coordinatively.

economic effects on Russia

The sanctions already have an effect: the Russian economy suffers from high inflation rates and an increasing budget deficit. The decline in income from trade in the EU is considerable, from 100 billion euros in 2022 to probably only 22 billion euros in 2024. Russian oil and gas deliveries have decreased by sanctions by 76 percent. These figures impressively illustrate how far-reaching the EU measures are and what strategic orientation the Union is pursuing to address the consequences of the war in Ukraine.

The international community is eagerly observing the development, since Russia is always looking for ways to avoid sanctions. This could force the EU to develop further measures to combat these attempts at bypass in order to maintain the effectiveness of its sanctions.