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After failing to approve 18th package of sanctions against Russia due to opposition from Hungary and Slovakia, EU countries are expected to finalize an agreement this week, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on July 7.<\/p>\n

Since EU sanctions require unanimous approval, a single veto could prevent implementation. In late June, EU ambassadors did not approve<\/a> the sanctions package because of objections from Budapest and Bratislava. <\/p>\n

“According to my information, European countries<\/a> will still reach an agreement this week on the 18th package of sanctions, together with Slovakia and Hungary,” she told<\/a> Ukrainian broadcaster ICTV.<\/p>\n

The delay followed earlier signs of resistance from both governments, despite the package being introduced shortly after the previous round of sanctions<\/a> took effect on May 20.<\/p>\n

“It is noteworthy that during the previous period, when the decision on the 17th package was being made, Hungary<\/a> did not vote for this decision until the last day,” Stefanishyna said. <\/p>\n

“There was even almost a day when these sanctions were not put into effect.”<\/p>\n

Unlike Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban<\/a>, who has consistently opposed sanctions and military aid for Ukraine, Slovakia<\/a> has not previously attempted to block new EU measures.<\/p>\n

Bratislava requested<\/a> a delay in adopting the latest package until the bloc clarifies the financial implications of RePowerEU \u2014 an initiative to end reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2030.<\/p>\n

“Without radical political leadership in the European Union, it will be very difficult,” Stefanishyna<\/a> said, warning of future veto threats by individual member states.<\/p>\n

The 18th package includes new restrictions<\/a> targeting Russia’s energy and banking sectors, as well as transactions linked to the Nord Stream pipeline project. <\/p>\n

These measures are part of a broader European effort to tighten pressure on Moscow as it continues to reject calls for an unconditional ceasefire<\/a> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

While the EU pushes forward with additional restrictions, the United States<\/a> has not imposed new sanctions on Russia since President Donald Trump took office in January.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko says her task is simple \u2014 to get the investment fund behind the closely watched minerals deal with the U.S. off the ground, and prove its detractors wrong. \u201cThere are so many criticisms from different parties that this fund is just a piece of paper we can put on the shelves \u2014 that it won\u2019t be operational,\u201d Svyrydenko, who is also Ukraine\u2019s first deputy prime minister, tells the Kyiv Independent at Ukraine\u2019s Cabinet of Ministers on July 4, the morning<\/div>\n
\"OvercomingThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Liliane Bivings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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