European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed further action to assist Ukraine in its confrontation with a full-scale invasion by Russia in a speech to the State of the Union, and she issued trade restrictions and sanctions against Israel regarding the war in Gaza. Europe is at war, von der Leyen told members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. The EU member countries and the commission are in the process of implementing another series of sanctions against Russian energy revenues. Money is aimed at the Russian war machineAccording to Yahoo News, von der Leyen also indicated that frozen Russian assets in Europe should also be used to provide new solutions to the financial problems facing Ukraine. The overwhelming speech made by von der Leyen about the independence moment of Europe is a turning point in the modern history of Europe since the EU faces the greatest challenges that it has ever faced in terms of its core values and existence.