The European Union failed to agree new sanctions against Russia after France and Luxembourg blocked the plan; EU sanctions need approval from all 27 member countries.
Dmitry Medvedev, a top Russian security official, said Russia could strike German factories that make weapons for Ukraine, and warned other sites in Germany could be hit too.
EU ambassadors have drafted a list naming 1,600 Russian entities for possible sanctions, the Kyiv Post reports.
Hungary's government has for the first time officially called Russia a threat to Hungary, Europe and the world, a sharp turn from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's long pro-Moscow stance, Politico reported.
The European Union is preparing what would be its largest sanctions package against Russia since the country's full invasion of Ukraine, according to the news outlet Seznam Zprávy.
The EU Council renewed its sanctions on Iran, which were imposed over Iran sending attack drones and missile parts to Russia for the war in Ukraine.
Austrian investigators say they dismantled a network that sent Western-made components to Russia for use in cruise missiles and fighter jets, dodging European Union sanctions.
The European Union has added five more people to its sanctions list over Russia's renewed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
The European Union is preparing its biggest single sanctions move yet: blacklisting more than 1,600 companies accused of helping Russia's war effort, a 50 percent jump in the number of firms already under EU sanctions.
The European Union is thinking about changing how it punishes Russia over the war in Ukraine.
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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.