i'm danelle de malott on welcome you. foreign ministers are meeting in order to discuss a 10th round of sanctions on brush up. the new package is worth around 11000000000 euros and is focused on export controls and fighting sanctions. evasion apart from arms deliveries to ukraine sanctions are a major part of the western response to russia's invasion of ukraine. last year. the west has impose around 14500 sanctions against moscow with the aim of weakening its ability to wage war. the u. s. has announced the biggest number of sanctions against russian entities and individuals, totaling 2527 followed by canada, switzerland, the u. k. and the you. 80 percent of the sanctions target individuals, including politicians and oligarchy. the rest target businesses or institutions. but are they working for more? let's bring in yacht is clue. go from the german institute for international and security affairs. so 9 rounds of sanctions, so far a 10th perhaps coming. let's start with that initial question. how well have they worked so far? so the sanctions are indeed biting. russia is in a deep ec