EU leaders divided over Russia oil embargo

Demonstrators demand an embargo on Russian oil during a protest in front of EU institutions prior to a meeting of EU leaders (Olivier Matthys/AP)

European Union leaders gathered on Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine, but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will address the bloc’s 27 leaders by video in the evening, has repeatedly demanded that the EU target Russia’s lucrative energy sector and deprive Moscow of billions of dollars each day in supply payments.