New Delhi, June 9 -- The European Union's next round of sanctions against Russia will reach beyond Europe and its immediate neighbors to name drone manufacturers and dual-use suppliers across six countries, including India and China, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed Tuesday - a diplomatic signal that Brussels is prepared to pressure even strategic partners to cut the supply lines sustaining Russia's air campaign over Ukraine.

the EU had, in earlier packages, largely confined its third-country listings to Central Asian transit hubs and the UAE.

What it signals, analysts who track EU sanctions architecture argue, is that Brussels has concluded that the 20th package's anti-circumvention tool - activated for the first time agai...