European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said during her visit to Kiev that the EU plans to introduce new sanctions against Russia by February 24, AFP reported.

"We will introduce with our G7 partners an additional price cap on Russian petroleum products and by February 24, exactly one year since the invasion started, we aim to have the 10th package of sanctions in place," von der Leyen told reporters on the sidelines of a visit to Kyiv.

Earlier, Ursula von der Leyen said that she had arrived in Kiev with a group of European commissioners to discuss deepening cooperation.