EU sanctions nine over Bucha

The EU announced a new package targeting nine people tied to the 2022 Bucha massacre and extended its broader Russia sanctions for six months - the move required a last‑minute compromise with Slovakia. But the package faces a major political snag: Hungary is still conditioning approval of a €90 billion loan and extra sanctions on resuming Russian oil flows via the Druzhba pipeline, signaling persistent intra‑EU fractures on strategy toward Moscow reported.