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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the EU’s forthcoming 21st sanctions package against Russia at a press conference in Brussels on June 9.

The package comes amid rising global fossil fuel prices and will include a freeze on the current pricing mechanism for Russia energy imports until the end of 2026, meaning Moscow won’t be able to profit from rising prices resulting from the U.S. war on Iran.

The measures also expand efforts to target third countries that help sustain Russia’swar machine.

“The conflict in the Middle East and disruptions to global energy supply chains have eased some pressure on Russia. So the objective of our package couldn’t be clearer,” von der Leyen told reporters.