It is increasingly difficult for Putin to finance his war. Every Euro we deny Russia is one it cannot spend on war."

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was set to hold talks in London on Friday with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to protect his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.