The European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on five businessmen linked to Russian state-owned oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft and targeted companies accused of circumventing sanctions on Russian oil by running ships for Moscow's shadow fleet of aging oil tankers.

Imports dipped after the invasion, and Europe placed sanctions on a number of executives at Russian fertiliser companies. But it soon made clear that the companies themselves, and the commodities they sell,

In 2024 alone, ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, logged more than 11,000 serious cyber incidents across the European Union.

A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs. European Council President António Costa was reacting Monday to the Trump administration's new national security strategy.

Warning comes after head of Nato called Europe ‘Russia’s next target’ and said countries must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured’

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine includes proposals to restore Russian energy flows to Europe, major U.S. investment in Russian rare earths and energy, and tapping frozen Russian sovereign assets,

The top Ukrainian negotiator said the most recent Russia peace talks in the U.S. with President Donald Trump's team were "constructive" and he will now return to Kyiv to discuss the latest proposals with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia has tried to make the most of the White House's national security strategy and President Trump's criticism of Europe and Ukraine's leadership of late.