EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports

EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed to EU leaders to show unity against Vladimir Putin, as the bloc edges towards a watered-down embargo of Russian oil.

At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders have been attempting to find a way to placate the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who has been holding up a deal on the latest sanctions against Putin’s war machine.

Under a compromise plan to be discussed at a Brussels summit later on Monday, Russian oil transported through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline for Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia would be exempt from the EU embargo.