The European Union is finalizing a 12th package of sanctions against Russia that includes an export ban on diamonds, the EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told reporters after the bloc’s foreign ministers met in Brussels. The package also features measures to fight the circumvention of sanctions, he said.
Hungary rejected demands from EU states to unblock €500 million ($534 million) of the bloc’s military assistance for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told reporters. Hungary wants Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency to “guarantee” that no Hungarian company will ever be put on its list of international war sponsors before unblocking the latest tranche, he said.
The 100th ship departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports via the so-called humanitarian corridor, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on social media platform X. Ukraine managed to deliver 3.7 million tons of food and other goods via the corridor, which was launched after Russia pulled out of a UN- and Turkey-brokered grain deal in July.
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