The EU Council will hold a meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Monday, 18 November, to discuss new sanctions against Iran for helping Russia in its war against Ukraine. Source: An unnamed EU official at a briefing in Brussels,

The warning comes as the Czech foreign minister urges Europe to follow Donald Trump’s lead on China. The EU will press Beijing for answers over reports that a China-based company is producing military drones for use in Russia's war against Ukraine, a senior EU official said Friday.

NATO and the European Union are ramping up efforts to persuade China to help get North Korea to stop sending troops and other support to Russia to back its war on Ukraine. Up to 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia’s Kursk border region to help beat back Ukrainian forces there,

The European Union is discussing possible sanctions against China over evidence that it first supplied Russia with weapons for use in a full-scale war against Ukraine. Source: European Pravda citing German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Details: Three FAZ sources said that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell informed member states of intelligence reports on arms shipments from Russia to China.

According to the report, Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, briefed EU member states about recent intelligence findings that show Beijing providing direct military aid to Moscow. A senior EU diplomat described the evidence as "compelling" and confirmed it indicates the provision of "lethal aid" to Russia.