London and Brussels said their new measures would zero in on Moscow’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and financial companies that have helped it avoid the impact of other sanctions imposed over the war.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland had jointly travelled to Kyiv earlier this month and said they had new sanctions against Russia ready to go. European leaders then phoned Trump on the eve of his call with Putin to call for him to join them in imposing tougher measures.
Ukraine says it is ready for an immediate ceasefire proposed by Trump, while Russia says it wants talks first. The Europeans say this is proof that Putin, who started the war by invading his neighbour in 2022, is not prepared to end it.
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France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called for “sanctions that are truly dissuasive”.
Britain’s Foreign Minister David Lammy said “delaying peace efforts will only redouble our resolve to help Ukraine to defend itself and use our sanctions to restrict Putin’s war machine”.
“The longer Russia wages war, the tougher our response,“ she wrote on X.
Britain and the EU said they would also work to lower the cap, which imposes far less of a discount on Russian oil now that global prices have fallen this year.
“We all agreed and said ... that if they don’t agree to unconditional ceasefire, like Ukraine has agreed over 60 days ago, there will be strong action,“ Kallas said. “And that is what we want to see from all the parties who have said that they will act in accordance.”
Trump said on Monday that Russia and Ukraine were ready to start negotiations. Putin said the process would take time.
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