EU Leaders Look to Back 19th Sanctions Package At Summit

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, left, and Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, at a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. More than a month after the European Commission presented its 19th sanctions package targeting Russia, EU leaders are poised to give the final signoff at the EU leaders' summit. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg via Getty Images