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EU approves 10th package of sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speak to Polish soldiers next to the first Leopard 2 tanks delivered from Poland to Ukraine on February 24, 2023 [Ukrainian Governmental Press Service/handout via Reuters]

The European Union has approved a tenth package of sanctions against Russia on the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU officials said.

The latest round of sanctions provides for additional trade restrictions on Russia, the Swedish EU Council Presidency announced in Brussels on Friday evening, and are designed to make financing the war more difficult as well as starve Russia of tech equipment and spare parts for arms used against Ukraine.

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