President Trump told European leaders in a virtual meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that they are "funding the war" through purchases of Russian oil and must cut Russia off and pressure China to do the same, a White House official said.

Why it matters: Trump has sporadically threatened to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for continuing to bombard Ukrainian cities and refusing to make peace. But in the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders, he turned the tables on the EU. • EU countries have dramatically decreased their purchases of Russian oil and gas since the war began, but the White House official claimed "Russia received €1.1 billion in fuel sales from the EU in one year." • "The President also emphasized that European leaders must p

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