EU leaders in Brussels and Germany reject proposals to ease sanctions after Donald Trump signaled that suspending some measures could lower global oil prices, while Hungary continues to block a stalled 20th package that would ban many maritime services for tankers carrying Russian crude.A major Qatari LNG export terminal remains offline and could be out for weeks or months, driving an EU energy crunch as storage reservoirs run low and importers compete with Asia for a shrinking pool of cargoes, forcing capitals to weigh demand restraint, fuel swaps and diplomatic pressure.Valdis Dombrovskis and Friedrich Merz call for strict enforcement of the G7 oil price cap, warning that exemptions and a USA exemption for India risk boosting Vladimir Putin's revenues by narrowing the Brent–Urals discount.Germany's Defence Minister
Boris Pistorius has secured commitments to assemble about 30
PAC-3 Patriot missiles plus German interceptors so roughly 35 interceptors could be delivered, even as military analysts say Ukraine's air defences remain strained and Russian strikes killed civilians in Sloviansk while
Volodymyr Zelenskyj says
Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to host new talks.