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title: "EU plans major expansion of sanctions against Russia"
description: "Most outlets reported the EU's intention to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months, as announced by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. Arab News Pakistan added context about the cost of current sanctions to Russia, while Daily Times emphasized the scale of the planned measures as the EU’s most extensive. Both excerpts led with the core announcement but varied slightly in emphasis and additional framing."
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# EU plans major expansion of sanctions against Russia

world · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 12:42 AM PKT · 17–18 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the EU's intention to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months, as announced by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. Arab News Pakistan added context about the cost of current sanctions to Russia, while Daily Times emphasized the scale of the planned measures as the EU’s most extensive. Both excerpts led with the core announcement but varied slightly in emphasis and additional framing.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [EU plans major expansion of Russia sanctions](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1539767/eu-plans-major-expansion-of-russia-sanctions/) · 18 Aug 2026, 12:42 AM PKT
  > The European Union plans to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced the planned measures. Kallas said she would propose the EU’s most extensive sanctions list since the war began. She said the measures would further increase pressure on Moscow. Read more: EU approves 19th sanctions package against Russ...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [EU plans most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia in autumn, foreign chief says](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2654923/world) · 17 Aug 2026, 5:08 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing
  > FRANKFURT, Germany: ‌The EU intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia ​in the coming months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told a German newspaper. “EU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia’s war ‌machine of ‌over €1 ​trillion ($1.16 ‌trillion) ⁠and for ​autumn I am ⁠putting forward the most far-reaching sanctions listings since the start of the war,” ...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 17–18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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