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Kyiv calls for sanctions in response to Russia’s escalation threats

Ukraine is urging the world to respond with harsher punitive sanctions to Moscow’s threats of escalating the war even further, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on May 30.

30 May 2025, 08:31 PM

US-sanctioned tankers ship Russian crude to India, defying bans

Tankers under U.S. sanctions, including Aframax, Captain Kostichev, and Victor Konetsky, delivered about 1 million barrels of Russian crude oil to Indian refineries last week, despite India’s stated ban on such vessels, Bloomberg reported on May 28, citing Kpler and Vortexa Ltd.

29 May 2025, 12:05 PM

US may target Russia’s energy, finance with new sanctions, Zelenskyy aide says

The United States may impose sanctions on Russia’s energy and financial sectors, including its shadow tanker fleet and banks aiding sanctions evasion, to curb Moscow’s aggression, Ukraine’s presidential sanctions commissioner, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, told Radio Liberty on May 28.

28 May 2025, 12:29 PM

EU to spend more on Russian energy than on Ukraine's defense

Despite 17 packages of EU sanctions, Russia is expected to receive approximately $233 billion from the export of raw materials and energy in 2025, Bild reported on May 27.

27 May 2025, 02:06 PM

Germany urges West to respond to Kremlin strikes with new sanctions

The latest wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine must be met with additional Western sanctions, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said, Reuters reported on May 25.

26 May 2025, 08:45 AM

Bloomberg reveals what’s in the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia

The European Union is considering lowering the price cap on Russian oil as part of its upcoming 18th sanctions package against Russia, Bloomberg reported on May 24, citing sources familiar with the matter.

24 May 2025, 07:55 PM

Berlin backs EU move to kill Russia’s Nord Stream for good

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is supporting the European Union's proposed ban on the Nord Stream gas pipeline to stop any efforts by the United States and Russia to resume gas supplies, the Financial Times reported on May 22.

23 May 2025, 12:02 PM

EU must go beyond comfort zone to hurt Putin, Berlin says

Europe must step "out of its comfort zone" and consider much tougher sanctions on Russia, including bans on gas and uranium, the use of frozen Russian assets, Thorsten Frei, new German chancellery chief told Reuters on May 22.

22 May 2025, 01:44 PM

Eighty-one senators unite to cripple Putin and his backers

Legislation to impose primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting its aggression in Ukraine has reached 81 cosponsors in the U.S. Senate, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said in their May 21 joint statement.

22 May 2025, 10:17 AM

Ukraine pushes EU to sanction Russian oil buyers, seize assets

Ukraine will urge the European Union to consider a new and tougher sanctions package against Russia, calling for asset seizures and restrictions on buyers of Russian oil, Reuters reported on May 21.

22 May 2025, 08:15 AM

Ukraine urges EU to seize Russian assets and hit oil buyers as U.S. backs off

Ukraine plans to ask the European Union next week to consider sweeping new sanctions against Russia, including the seizure of Russian assets and restrictions on certain buyers of Russian oil, as the United States pulls back from intensifying pressure on Moscow, Reuters reported on May 21.

21 May 2025, 01:49 PM

EU must hit Russia 'where it truly hurts' with 18th sanctions package - Lithuanian Foreign Ministry

European Union’s 18th sanctions package must “hit the aggressor where it truly hurts”, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys wrote on X on May 20.

21 May 2025, 10:18 AM

European leaders puzzled by Trump's announcement after Putin call

President Donald Trump's phone call with European leaders following his conversation with Vladimir Putin left participants in "puzzled silence," Axios reported on May 20.

20 May 2025, 06:09 PM

Britain unveils expanded Russia sanctions

The UK government announced sweeping new sanctions against Russia, targeting its military support network, energy exports, propaganda efforts, and financial institutions backing the invasion of Ukraine on May 20.

20 May 2025, 04:48 PM

Zelenskyy warns of consequences if Russia stalls peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia will face “tough consequences” if it continues to present unrealistic demands in peace negotiations, following a call with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, he said on X on May 20.

20 May 2025, 02:55 PM

Merz vows tighter Russia sanctions after Trump-Putin call

Europe will increase sanctions pressure on Russia, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 19 after U.S. President Donald Trump's phone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

20 May 2025, 11:20 AM

EU to push for lower Russian oil cap

The European Union will propose to the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers to lower Russian seaborne oil cap as part of the new sanctions package against Moscow, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said, Reuters reported on May 19.

20 May 2025, 09:22 AM

Ukraine is ready for ceasefire, but questions remain - Trump

Ukraine is ready for a ceasefire, but it remains unclear whether Kyiv is doing enough to achieve it, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed at a law enforcement event in the Oval Office on May 19.

20 May 2025, 08:45 AM

Putin repeatedly humiliated Trump and his envoys, says Finnish MEP Pekka Toveri

General Pekka Toveri, Member of the European Parliament from Finland, speaks with NV journalist Natalia Rop about Donald Trump’s peace attempts, the tools the EU still hasn’t used against the Kremlin, and why European peacekeepers must have the authority to use force against Russia if needed.

17 May 2025, 03:30 PM

EU planning sanctions on Nord Stream pipelines, Russian oil, shadow fleet

The European Union is preparing a new sanctions package targeting Russia’s Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, oil price cap, shadow fleet, and financial sector to increase pressure on Moscow, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on May 16, according to news agency Interfax-Ukraine.

16 May 2025, 05:43 PM

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