The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry.

Russia claims to have shot down 73 Ukrainian drones, including three heading towards Moscow. The European Union (EU) agreed on Friday to a new package of sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine,

India condemned the "unilateral sanctions" by the European Union targeting a Rosneft-linked refinery in Gujarat and urged the EU to avoid "double standards" in energy trade.

The spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of Iran condemned the European Council’s “illegal and destructive” decision to impose fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals.

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Council said in a statement on Tuesday that it had imposed sanctions on seven individuals and three entities "responsible for actions aimed at destabilising" Moldova, whose leaders are bidding to join the EU by 2030.

Foreign ministers from the EU's 27-member nations are meeting in Brussels in the wake of a new aid deal for Gaza, largely forged by the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit buyers of Russian exports with sanctions unless Russia agrees a peace deal over the conflict in Ukraine, potentially complicating Moscow's oil sales to China,