EU joins US in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks

EU joins US in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian officials and state media dismissed the Western measures, claiming they are largely ineffective.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Council President Antonio Costa speak with the media as they arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)

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