# European Union countries agreed to prolong sanctions for another six months on more than two-thousand-500 Russian individuals and entities, including president Vladimir Putin, over the war in Ukraine. Ambassadors from the 27 member states signed off on the move ahead of Monday’s deadline after Hungary and Slovakia dropped demands to take a number of people off the blacklist. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Brussels was currently finalising work on a new package of sanctions “looking into additional curbs on Russian oil sales, shadow oil tankers, and banks”.
EU countries agree to extend sanctions on Russian individuals and entities, including Putin