Oil Pipeline Rift Derails EU Push for Fresh Russia Sanctions

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The European Union failed to agree on new sanctions against Russia due to opposition from Hungary and Slovakia, derailing the EU's push for fresh sanctions on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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The European Union has failed to agree on more sanctions on Russia, which were planned to be in place by the fourth anniversary of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The bloc's foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels on February 23, failed to clinch a deal following opposition from Hungary and Slovakia. "I really regret that we didn’t achieve agreement today, considering that tomorrow is the sad anniversary of the start of the war, because we need to send a strong signal to Ukraine that we keep on supporting Ukraine -- and also…

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