Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and European Council President Antonio Costa arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels on Thursday.

The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian officials and state media dismissed the Western measures, claiming they are largely ineffective.

The sanctions are intended as part of a broadened effort to choke off the revenue and supplies that fuel Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and compel President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war .

The measures are a triumph for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , who has long campaigned for the international commun

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