AFP
EU countries on Friday agreed to prolong sanctions over the war in Ukraine for another six months on more than 2,500 Russian individuals and entities, including President Vladimir Putin.
Ambassadors from the bloc's 27 member states signed off on the move ahead of a deadline on Monday, after Hungary and Slovakia dropped demands to take a number of people off the blacklist, diplomats said.
"We just extended our sanctions on Russia," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X on Friday.
She said Brussels was currently finalising work on a new package of sanctions "looking into additional curbs on Russian oil sales, shadow oil tankers, and banks".
Ambassadors from the bloc's 27 member states signed off on the move ahead of a deadline on Monday, after Hungary and Slovakia dropped demands to take a number of people off the blacklist, diplomats said.
"We just extended our sanctions on Russia," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X on Friday.
She said Brussels was currently finalising work on a new package of sanctions "looking into additional curbs on Russian oil sales, shadow oil tankers, and banks".
