Capping rocky 2022, EU agrees more Russia sanctions, funds for Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders wrapped up their last summit of 2022 with an agreement to provide 18 billion euros in financing to Ukraine next year and slap more sanctions on Russia as the EU also prepared to cap natural gas prices and prop up its industry.

Poland withdrew last-minute objections to a global minimum corporate tax, unblocking a package of linked agreements that includes the loan to Ukraine, where a war has raged since Russia launched an invasion in February that Moscow refers to as a "special military operation".