EU ambassadors on Wednesday, June 16, failed to agree on a new sanctions package against Russia. They are expected to reconvene by the end of the week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reports.

Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries' ambassadors, the diplomats familiar with the talks said

Slovakia's stance at the EU foreign ministers' meeting on 15 July was to seek a postponement of the sanctions vote.