On sanctions, von der Leyen speaks as Putin’s prosecutor and EU’s wartime leader

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate regarding economic sanctions against Russia | Patrick Hertzog/AFP via Getty Images After the EU’s seventh sanctions package against Russia, perhaps Ursula von der Leyen might rest. But in setting out the sixth battery of punitive measures on Wednesday, the European Commission president cemented her place at the vanguard of W

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“Putin wanted to wipe out Ukraine from the map,” von der Leyen said. “And he will clearly not succeed. On the contrary: Ukraine has risen in bravery and in unity. And it is his own country, Russia, that Putin is sinking.”