The EU has called for closer ties with India while admitting there was no “mutual understanding” with Narendra Modi’s government over Russia’s war on Ukraine. View image in fullscreen European Commission presents package of measures on Israel, in BrusselsKaja Kallas, the European Commission’s high representative for foreign affairs. Meanwhile the EU is grappling with demands from Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on India and China, another buyer of Russian oil, to pressure Russia to end the war. Meanwhile the Polish energy minister, Miłosz Motyka, has called on the EU to end Russian oil imports by the end of 2026 “to cease financing Russia’s war machine” and help end the war in Ukraine. The EU has previously pledged to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2028.