"The European Union is expected to unveil the latest, 19th, package of sanctions against Russia today, which the commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said would target crypto, banks, and energy, among others. The European Commission building in Brussels. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP The EU is also reportedly looking at imposing sanctions on companies in China and India helping Russia's oil trade, as reported previously by Bloomberg ()."
"The move comes amid growing pressure from the US president, Donald Trump, for the bloc to also accelerate its plans to phase out Russian oil. Speaking alongside UK prime minister Keir Starmer, he said yesterday that the was to do other things to help Europeans push back against Russia, but not when the people that I'm fighting for are buying oil from Russia. You can't [do that], that's not playing fair with the United States, and we can't have that, he says. Let's see if the sanctions indeed come today, and what are the details."
The European Union is expected to unveil the 19th package of sanctions against Russia today. The package is said to target cryptocurrency, banks, and energy sectors. The EU is reportedly considering sanctions on companies in China and India that assist Russia's oil trade. The move follows previous reporting by Bloomberg and comes amid growing pressure from US president Donald Trump for the bloc to accelerate plans to phase out Russian oil. Trump criticized countries buying Russian oil as unfair to the United States. The timing and detailed measures of the sanctions are to be confirmed today, 19 September 2025.
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