The European Union's latest sanctions against Moscow include a ban on third-country airlines flying to the 27-nation bloc if they carry out domestic flights in Russia, the European Commission said on Monday.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron have been thrust to the fore by a U.S. administration that has embraced Moscow and derided Kyiv. Strikingly, their efforts are taking place outside the major institutions that have helped order Europe for decades: the EU and NATO.

European leaders must resist "capitulation" to Russia over Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, ahead of a virtual meeting of EU leaders to discuss the war following U.S. President Donald Trump's overtures to Moscow.

European shipyards are providing vital servicing contracts to vessels carrying Russian gas, despite warnings that the profits are funding Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Meanwhile, a new analysis shows imports of Russian gas to the EU rose last year.

In a bid to force Kyiv to sue for peace with Moscow, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stopped the delivery of military supplies to Ukraine, a decision that threatened to leave the war-ravaged country badly vulnerable to Russia's attacks.

European Union ambassadors approved on Wednesday the latest package of sanctions against Russia, banning Russian aluminum imports and imposing new export bans on Moscow. This 16th package is now expected to be approved by EU ministers at a regular meeting next Monday,

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: MOSCOW — President Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia does not see any way to resume “dialogue with Europe” after the EU adopted its 16th round of sanctions against Russia on the third anniversary of the invasion.

With President Donald Trump's suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, European nations are again looking at how to utilise some $300 billion of Russian state assets frozen by the Group of Seven rich democracies after Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Leaders of Slovakia and Hungary on March 1 threatened to block EU statements during a key summit next week unless the bloc calls for an immediate ceasefire and launches talks with Russia. European Council President Antonio Costa called a meeting of EU leaders on March 6 to discuss defense spending,

A second company based in Singapore has been sanctioned by the European Union over its alleged links to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.