The 19th package of European Union sanctions against Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine will close a loophole allowing Russia to bypass an EU ban for imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),

Restrictions have made it costlier for Russia to ship oil by sea. But they have also expanded the illicit shipping economy, with lasting consequences.

President Donald Trump announced intentions to implement additional sanctions on Russia in response to its intensified military operations in Ukraine, including a significant airstrike targeting a building housing Ukraine’s cabinet.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is playing the role of mediator in the war between Ukraine and Russia, and if President Trump were to impose sanctions on Russia, that role would be lost.

Ohio, calls for sweeping sanctions on Russia after a Ukraine visit, warning Moscow’s industrial power is fueling the war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged attendees of this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York to apply “strong political pressure” on Russia.

Russia and China asked the United Nations Security Council to vote on Friday on a draft resolution to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran, diplomats said.

Russia and Vietnam have developed a mechanism to conceal arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using profits from joint energy-sector ventures to pay for defense contracts,

China, with which Trump is trying to negotiate a resolution to various trade issues after a painful tariff war, is Russia's biggest oil customer. Beijing's large-scale oil purchases have aided Russia through the Western sanctions over the Ukraine war, offering a vital economic lifeline.

President Trump’s abrupt shift on the war in Ukraine this week came amid fresh frustration at his counterpart Vladimir Putin, and was intended to apply more pressure on Moscow to come to the negotiating table,