The EU has prepared sanctions against Vietnamese, Turkish and Serbian companies that it accuses of helping Russia evade embargoes, in the bloc’s 17th package of measures against Moscow since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The proposed sanctions also target 149 oil tankers in the Kremlin’s “shadow fleet” and about 60 individuals and companies in Russia and China, four people familiar with the initiative told the Financial Times.
The measures are aimed at maintaining pressure on Moscow while Europe fears US President Donald Trump might walk away from Ukraine, after yielding little success so far in his efforts to strike a ceasefire.