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

The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to US President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry.

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Russian state media dismissed the measures, claiming they are largely ineffective.

It is part of a broadened effort to choke off the revenue that funds Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and compel President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war.

The measures area triumph for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has long campaigned for the international community to punish Russia more comprehensively for attacking his country.

“We waited for this. God bless, it will work. And this is very important,’ the Ukrainian leader said in Brussels, where EU countries attending a summit announced the latest round of Russia sanctions.