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EU Leaders Enter Brussels Summit Split Over Using Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Loan

Belgium’s stance over legal risk at Euroclear keeps the plan stalled.

Ukraine Reports Gains in Kupiansk, Says Clearing Operations Are Underway

EU Approves Targeted Russia Sanctions Hitting Oil Enablers, Propaganda Figures and GRU Hackers

EU Sets 2026 LNG Ban and 2027 End to Russian Pipeline Gas in Provisional Deal

French Military Chief’s ‘Lose Children’ Warning Draws Broad Political Rebuke

Finland’s Stubb Says Ukraine Ceasefire Unlikely Before Spring, Urges Tougher Pressure on Russia

Rutte Backs German Service Overhaul During AWACS Base Visit

Germany Stations First P-8A Poseidon, Launching Modern Anti-Submarine Fleet

Investigation Finds Putin Using Replica Offices to Obscure Location, Shifted This Year to Valdai

UNHCR Warns of Winter Crisis After Donor Cuts

Ulyanovsk Region Hit With Russia’s First Permanent Mobile Internet Blackout

Lukoil Declares Force Majeure at Iraq’s West Qurna-2 After U.S. Sanctions

Lavrov Offers Talks With Rubio, Warns EU on Frozen Assets as Strikes Batter Ukraine

EU–Belgium Talks Stall on Plan to Use Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Loan

Gunvor Withdraws $22 Billion Lukoil Bid After U.S. Treasury Vows No License

NATO Deploys AI-Powered Merops Anti-Drone System to Poland and Romania

Russia Dismisses EU Energy Sanctions With Pivot to Global South Markets

Bulgaria Moves to Protect Fuel Supplies as U.S. Sanctions Threaten Lukoil Refinery

EU Weighs Delay on Using Frozen Russian Assets, Eyes Six-Month Ukraine Loan

U.S. Grants Time-Limited License for Transactions With Rosneft’s German Units