The European Union must focus on a new sanctions package to suffocate Russia's economy and force President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking after the EU adopted a 17th sanctions package,

The talks in Istanbul complicated a European push for the United States to pressure Russia into a ceasefire in Ukraine.

A leading economist has been telling EU finance ministers that Russia’s economy is under growing strain as its invasion of Ukraine drags on