The European Union is considering a scaled-back version of its proposal to ban the issuing of visas to people who fought for Russia in Ukraine as part of the EU's 21st package of sanctions against Russia.

A proposed EU-wide entry ban on people who fought against Ukraine on Russia's side, included in the European Commission's draft 21st Russia sanctions package, may be replaced with…

A narrowed-down version of the ban on Russian combatants, limited to short-stay visas and those who fought directly, landed on the table of EU ambassadors meeting on Wednesday…