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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU leaders wrangle with issue of oil and gas imports from Russia at summit

The US president, Joe Biden, with the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, in Brussels on Thursday evening
The US president, Joe Biden, with the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, in Brussels on Thursday evening. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

European Union leaders have laid bare their differences over whether to stop buying oil and gas from Russia, following a show of transatlantic unity in a series of summits with Joe Biden and an impassioned appeal by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for more military aid to defend his country.

In the third summit on a hectic day of diplomacy that began with an emergency meeting of Nato leaders, followed by the G7, EU leaders met the US president to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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