She noted that a new package of sanctions will be presented on Friday.

“We will also increase pressure on companies based in China, or Chinese enterprises in Europe, which, in our opinion, are taking actions to circumvent sanctions,” Nuland quoted RIA Novosti as saying in an interview with The Washington Post.

The diplomat clarified that sanctions will be announced not only by Washington, but also by all G7 countries.

US President Joe Biden said earlier that the United States and its partners would announce new sanctions against Russia this week.

The head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, noted that the tenth package of anti-Russian sanctions would be adopted by February 24.