European governments warned this week that Russia is waging a 'hybrid war' — using sabotage, disinformation and other below-the-radar attacks instead of open combat.
EU ambassadors have drafted a list naming 1,600 Russian entities for possible sanctions, the Kyiv Post reports.
The EU wanted to use Russia's frozen central-bank money to help pay for Ukraine, but Belgium has refused to agree, according to euractiv.com.
With no option drawing a majority, EU ambassadors are deadlocked on sanctioning Israeli settlements — exposing how common foreign policy stalls once a national move forces the question to Brussels.
Belgium's approval of an import ban on goods from Israeli settlements is a national decision, not an EU one — and that legal fact is exactly what makes it a signal of where European pressure is heading.