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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:00 PM Friday

The EU and UK hit Russia with new sanctions. Moscow's energy revenue and spies are targeted.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain on Friday ramped up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting Moscow’s energy sector, shadow fleet of aging oil tankers and military intelligence service with new sanctions.

“The message is clear: Europe will not back down in its support for Ukraine. The EU will keep raising the pressure until Russia ends its war,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after the bloc agreed its new measures, including a new oil price cap.

Kallas said it’s “one of its strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date” linked to the war, now in its fourth year. It comes as European countries start to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine to help the country better defend itself.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the new measures, describing them as a “timely and necessary” step amid intensified Russian attacks.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-eu-russia-sanctions-oil-fleet-ce7b2fa3ebb4e07cc3251b456a5e99af

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