Skip next section EU backs 16th round of Russia sanctions
02/19/2025February 19, 2025
EU backs 16th round of Russia sanctions
The has agreed to a 16th raft of sanctions against Moscow in Brussels.
As the third anniversary of the invasion approaches on February 24, the EU sought to combat of oil tankers being used to evade sanctions against the country’s energy sector.
The sanctions also targeted Russian aluminium production.
Andrzej Domanski, finance minister of Poland, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said that it was “imperative” the measures be approved to mark “the third anniversary of this brutal aggression against Ukraine.”
The packaged must be formally accepted by the bloc’s foreign ministers, but that is considered a foregone conclusion.
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South Korea open to receiving North Korean POWs
South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Wednesday that the government in was open to taking in prisoners of war captured by Ukraine.
Russia has been utilizing troops from North Korea in Ukraine since at least last summer.
“North Korean soldiers are constitutionally our citizens,” Yonhap quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying, adding that they may “face persecution” if they return to the North.
Yonhap also quoted as saying he would prefer to return to South Korea.
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Kellogg is expected to arrive in Kyiv for talks with Zelenskyy
is expected to arrive in Ukraine by train from Poland on Wednesday morning.
The visit will last three days, according to the Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
“As to the trip into Ukraine, the trip is still being finalized, meaning if I’m going there, the answer is yes. Am I going to have an opportunity to meet with the President Zelenskyy? The answer is yes,” Interfax-Ukraine quoted Kellogg as saying on Monday.
US President Donald Trump confirmed last week that he would send Kellogg, who is tasked with drawing up a proposal to halt the nearly three-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine, to Kyiv.
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Skip next section Macron to hold new talks on Ukraine in Paris
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Macron to hold new talks on Ukraine in Paris
French President is holding another meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday that will include several European and non-European countries.
Countries including Norway, Canada, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Romania, Sweden and Belgium have been invited, the Reuters news agency quoted unnamed sources as saying.
The format of the meeting would be hybrid, including video participation, Reuters added.
On Monday, Macron on the situation in Ukraine at the Elysee Palace with several countries, including Britain, Germany and Italy. Representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union were also present.
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Much of Odesa without power after Russian drone strike
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of , leaving most residents without power, water or heat, Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov said.
“Hospitals, clinics and social infrastructure sites were left without heating,” Trukhanov wrote on the Telegram messaging app, describing the strike on Odesa as “massive.”
Trukhanov posted pictures of buildings with windows blown out and facades damaged. He made no mention of casualties, saying experts were assessing the damage.
Odesa has been a frequent in the nearly three-year war, particularly facilities at the three ports in and around the city.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will hold another meeting on Ukraine in Paris on Wednesday, while US Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg is expected to arrive in Kyiv for talks.
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