"He said that the new sanctions "will introduce new and comprehensive measures on oil and gas, the shadow fleet and Russia's financial sector." A new system for limiting the movement of Russian diplomats within the 27-nation EU will also be introduced. The move comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration announced new sanctions against Russia's oil industry that are aimed at moving Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and ending Moscow's war on Ukraine."
"The sanctions agreement was sealed at a Thursday morning meeting of EU ambassadors, just a few hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins his European counterparts for the one-day summit, as they press for a ceasefire to halt almost four years of fighting. The summit comes after Trump said that his plan for a swift meeting with Putin was on hold because he didn't want it to be a "waste of time." It was yet another twist in Trump's stop-and-go effort to end the war."
The European Union agreed new sanctions against Russia that target a shadow fleet of oil tankers and ban imports of liquefied natural gas. The measures introduce comprehensive actions on oil, gas, the shadow fleet and Russia's financial sector, and add a system to limit movements of Russian diplomats within the 27-nation EU. The package follows new U.S. sanctions aimed at pressuring President Vladimir Putin to negotiate and end the war in Ukraine. Energy revenue is described as the linchpin of Russia's economy, enabling military spending without triggering domestic inflation or currency collapse. The agreement was sealed by EU ambassadors ahead of a summit.
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