European Union member states are discussing the introduction of the next, ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions, TASS reported, citing a source in the delegation of one of the community countries in the EU Council.

According to it, there is a discussion of a new round of sanctions against Russia after another escalation on October 10.

He specified that the introduction of a ceiling on the prices of Russian gas has not been considered yet.

Due to the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine on February 24, a number of countries imposed large-scale sanctions against Russia.