BRUSSELS, July 17 - European Union countries have limited international funding for projects in Russia and Crimea by adopting six new measures related to the Ukrainian crisis and Russia's annexation of Crimea.

"At our June summit, we requested four steps on the ground, and we regret that since then they have not been adequately taken," European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said at a press conference after an extraordinary EU summit in the early hours of Thursday.