
Harry Vriend
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⚡️⚡️⚡️BREAKING: The EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia (written procedure ends tomorrow, April 23) will NOT include the full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers that was promised as a major blow. It’s only “agreed in principle” and will wait for unanimous G7 approval, even though the Commission previously said the EU might act alone. Instead, it bans Russians from buying tankers in the EU and Europeans from reselling them, adds restrictions on Russian LNG tankers & icebreakers, and blocks Russian shipping firms from EU LNG terminals. This comes after Hungary and Slovakia secured the resumption of Russian oil deliveries via the repaired Druzhba pipeline (starting today and tomorrow) — the explicit precondition for lifting their veto on both the sanctions and the €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine for 2026-27. Another watered-down package while Russian oil keeps flowing.





🇪🇺🇷🇺 European Commission pulls main ban on transporting Russian oil from its proposed 20th sanctions package The EU originally planned to fully ban servicing Russian oil shipments by sea — a move that could have hit 30–40% of Russia’s oil exports But with Trump’s war against Iran complicating Middle East oil supplies to Europe, Brussels scaled back its own sanctions to avoid shooting itself in the foot




German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius: "Our ambition must be to become the strongest conventional army in Europe. The question is: how many soldiers will we need, and with what qualifications?"


















