Russia sanctions

The amount of frozen Russian assets in the U.K. has increased by 10 percent in a year.

Herbert Smith Freehills’ Moscow subsidiary made six payments of just under £4 million to sanctioned individuals who were subject to an asset freeze.

Moscow struck civilian infrastructure Tuesday night, prompting Ukraine to respond with counterattacks.

Officials in Paris are also privately warming to the idea.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump put pressure on the country that so far has faced little public pushback from his administration.

Tensions around defense spending will take center stage during an emergency meeting of EU leaders on Thursday.

The package includes a ban on servicing oil and gas refineries, but it does not include a full ban on Russian LNG.

Europe and Ukraine are learning how little the U.S. cares, as the new president aligns himself with their greatest enemy. 

Musk has jabbed at the Ukrainian leader before, scoffing at his calls for Western aid.

Macron’s mini-summit shunned Brussels’ normal obsession with consensus and revealed a new core with the region’s future in their hands. 

“That’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Hungarian prime minister says.

Top European officials had no clue Donald Trump was about to announce a peace plan for Ukraine, after a world-changing call to the Kremlin. 

“If there’s anybody who understands leverage, it’s President Donald J. Trump,” Keith Kellogg tells the New York Post.

Hungarian PM again makes performative threat about lifting the bloc’s tough measures against Moscow.

Kremlin whacks the U.S. with claim about vote-meddling.

Before relenting, Budapest had threatened to allow billions of dollars to flow back to the Kremlin in a row over energy imports.

Ankara is angling for new energy talks in Brussels amid pressure for closer ties with the bloc.

But diplomats still expect the Hungarian prime minister to ultimately back down, perhaps as soon as Monday.