Ursula Von Der Leyen

Ukrainian defence of facility highlights Russia’s failure to take major cities in 10-week war

Oil imports, top bank and alleged war crimes perpetrators targeted by new measures

Fresh sanctions to phase out Russian oil imports and bar Sberbank from Swift system

Eamon Ryan talks of ‘real sense of outrage as to what’s happening in the Ukraine’

Companies operating on basis that rouble payment structure is sanctions-compliant

West ramps up weapons supplies to Ukraine as fighting in east intensifies

Russian gas supplies for Bulgaria and Poland turned off over failure to pay in roubles

No sign of surrender by Ukrainian fighters holed up in the Azovstal steelworks

Jailed opposition leader urges west to support huge ad campaign in order to break through Kremlin Ukraine war propaganda

June set to be crucial month as enlargement may be considered at back-to-back summits

Boris Johnson pledges to send more weapons as he meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv

Goal is to present Ukraine’s application to EU council this summer, says von der Leyen

Warsaw’s blocking of a new tax package threatens to undermine the good-faith core of a vital pillar of the EU’s collective decision-making

Motion addressed to Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel signed by 207 MEPs

In The News: Speed of sanctions reflects growing consensus across Europe

Zelenskiy critical of some in the West and says he could not tolerate ‘any indecisiveness’

European Union moves to ban Russian coal imports and introduce further sanctions

Troops killed families, tried to burn bodies, people were shot in the street, president claims

Moscow denies accusations related to killing of civilians in Bucha where mass grave found

Beijing appears to criticise EU's use of sanctions and insists Moscow's concerns must be addressed after talks with Brussels

Bloc’s leaders to use Friday to put pressure on Beijing over its close ties with Moscow

Karlin Lillington: ‘In principle’ data protection deals do not have history on their side