Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with European leaders in Brussels on Thursday (October 23) to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

EU countries on Thursday formally adopted a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas imports.

The 27 member states had already approved the package on Wednesday (October 22) evening after Slovakia dropped its block.

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SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1.VARIOUS OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, ARRIVING FOR MEETING AND GREETING EU LEADERS

2. ZELENSKIY WALKING TOWARDS HIS CHAIR

3. ZELENSKIY AND EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ANTONIO COSTA, SEATED / ZELENSKIY GREETING OFFICIAL

4. COSTA RINGING BELL TO ANNOUNCE START OF MEETING

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (EUROPEAN UNION – Access all)

5. EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, TALKING TO SPANISH PRIME MINISTER, PEDRO SANCHEZ, AND COSTA

6. JOURNALISTS AT WORK

7. MEETING ROOM

8. CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER, ANDREJ PLENKOVIC, GREETING KALLAS AND DUTCH PRIME MINISTER, DICK SCHOOF

9. FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, GERMAN CHANCELLOR, FRIEDRICH MERZ, COSTA AND CYPRIOT PRESIDENT, NIKOS CHRISTODOULIDES, TALKING

10. LATVIAN PRIME MINISTER, EVIKA SILINA, ENTERING MEETING ROOM

11. MACRON AND MERZ TALKING / COSTA AND BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER, BART DE WEVER, TALKING

12. MACRON AND MERZ

13. EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT, URSULA VON DER LEYEN, GREETING SANCHEZ

14. EU LEADERS IN MEETING ROOM

15. JOURNALIST AT WORK

16. MEETING ROOM