⚡Europe must mount pressure against Russia, Kallas says as EU sanctions deadline looms.

"Sanctions are a core pillar of our response to Russia's war," Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top diplomat, sat in a press briefing at the U.N. General Assembly.

"We aim to close them soon and hopefully have the rollover swiftly. ... Certain member states have raised certain people to be delisted, and that's why these discussions are right now ongoing."