EU Expands Sanctions on Russia
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The European Union and U.K. have imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, notably targeting almost scores of ships from the shadow fleet illicitly transporting oil to skirt Western restrictions imposed over the war on Ukraine.
The European Union has now targeted Moscow’s fleet of covert oil tankers and plans more restrictions, as the Trump administration’s approach to the war shifts.
China is strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed to the European Union's "unreasonable" sanctions on Chinese firms, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The United States and its allies have imposed broad economic penalties on Russia over its war in Ukraine. As the conflict continues, experts debate whether the sanctions are working.
The European Union imposed sanctions on three vessels that helped move gas cargoes from Russia’s Yamal LNG project, further squeezing Moscow’s energy revenues.
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EU defense and foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels with Ukraine high on the agenda. The Europeans are calling for US more pressure on Russia if Moscow doesn't agree on a ceasefire. More on DW.
After Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday evening, the US president claimed that peace talks would start 'immediately.'
The U.S. previously failed to support a G7 joint statement condemning Russia's deadly attack on the city of Sumy that killed 35 people and injured 119 in April.