The European Union adopted a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure, joining a new US push to chip away at Moscow’s ability to wage its war against Ukraine.
The EU measures will ban LNG imports from 2027, according to a statement from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The EU will also impose a full transaction ban on two major Russian oil companies, Rosneft PJSC and Gazpromneft, and sanction 118 additional so-called shadow fleet vessels, which have enabled Russia to evade previous measures.