In addition to the 17th package of sanctions against Russia, on May 20, the EU will approve three more types of sanctions

On Tuesday, May 20, the EU Foreign Affairs Council is expected to approve the 17th package of European Union sanctions against Russia, along with three additional packages of sanctions: on Russia's hybrid activities, human rights violations, and the use of chemical weapons.

“On Tuesday, a number of comprehensive sanctions packages are planned to be approved. This will be the broadest simultaneous introduction of different types of EU sanctions against Russia in history, of which there are four,” a source told European Truth.

“In total, we expect more than 130 individual sanctions to be adopted on May 20, as well as sanctions against the Russian military industry and its suppliers from third countries, disinformation propaganda, and the Russian shadow fleet,” he added.

The first package of sanctions to be approved by the EU Council on May 20 is actually the 17th package of sanctions that the European Union is imposing in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

“The 17th package of sanctions will include 75 individual sanctions, as well as about 200 vessels of the Russian ”shadow fleet.“ This is the largest package of sanctions against Russia to date regarding vessels,” the EU official said.

According to him, the second set of sanctions against Russia, which is planned to be approved on May 20, is a package of sanctions against Russia's hybrid activities under the hybrid sanctions regime, which will include 27 items and sectoral measures.

The third is a package on human rights violations in Russia under the human rights sanctions regime, which is expected to include 28 individual sanctions.

And the fourth is a package of sanctions for Russia's use of chemical weapons as a means of warfare in Ukraine under the chemical weapons sanctions regime. 

According to a source at European Truth, all four packages of sanctions have been agreed at the level of EU ambassadors, and no country, including Hungary, currently has any objections to their adoption.

Source: European Pravda