EU’s Top Diplomat Touts Secondary Sanctions Against Russia

Kaja Kallas in Copenhagen on Aug. 29.Photographer: Thomas Traasdahl/AFP/Getty Images

Secondary sanctions and measures aimed at Russia’s energy sector would be most effective in curbing Moscow’s ability to wage war against Ukraine, according to the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.

Russia’s attack this week on Kyiv, which also damaged the EU’s representative offices in the capital, is yet another reason to increase pressure on Russia, Kallas told reporters in Copenhagen Friday ahead of an informal meeting of defense ministers.