The European Union did not reach agreement on its 18th sanctions package against Russia on Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed following a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.
Kallas expressed disappointment over the delay, saying she was "really sad" the measures were not approved but remained optimistic that a deal could be finalised on Wednesday. “The ball is in Slovakia’s court now,” she said, referring to Slovakia’s continued objections.
Bratislava has been holding up the package over concerns linked to a separate EU proposal to phase out Russian gas imports by 1 January 2028.
According to sources cited by Reuters, the content of the sanctions package had been broadly agreed, though one member state still had reservations regarding a proposed adjustment to the price cap on Russian oil.
The European Commission introduced the new round of sanctions last month in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The package targets revenues from Moscow’s energy sector, its banking system, and its military-industrial complex.
Key proposals include a ban on transactions with Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines and sanctions on financial institutions involved in circumventing existing measures. It also proposes a floating price cap on Russian crude oil set at 15% below the average market price over the previous three months, according to EU diplomats.
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Norway’s government announced on Tuesday that Russia had breached its airspace three times in 2025, though it remained uncertain whether the incidents were intentional or caused by navigational mistakes.
Norway has joined in the condemnation of recent incidents of Russian violation of allied airspaces with the latest being Denmark and at the same time revealed that its airspace was violated three times by Russia over spring and summer this year.
On Tuesday, NATO denounced Russia for breaching Estonian airspace last week, warning it would employ “all necessary military and non-military tools” in its defence against what it described as “a pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour” by Moscow.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is currently on a working visit to New York, where he has held a series of bilateral meetings with representatives of major businesses and international organisations.
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Norway’s government announced on Tuesday that Russia had breached its airspace three times in 2025, though it remained uncertain whether the incidents were intentional or caused by navigational mistakes.
Norway has joined in the condemnation of recent incidents of Russian violation of allied airspaces with the latest being Denmark and at the same time revealed that its airspace was violated three times by Russia over spring and summer this year.
On Tuesday, NATO denounced Russia for breaching Estonian airspace last week, warning it would employ “all necessary military and non-military tools” in its defence against what it described as “a pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour” by Moscow.
Russia has launched a series of attacks on Ukraine's railways since the summer, using long-range drones to target key points, but the network is still functioning, the state railway CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia told Reuters.
Danish police said on Tuesday that drones that shut the country's main airport a day earlier appeared to have been flown by "a capable operator" seeking to demonstrate certain abilities, adding that no suspects had been identified.
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