EU agrees on sanctions against Russian oil tankers

The EU representatives for the first time since the start of the special military operation agreed upon a block of sanctions outside the main sanction packages, a source in the diplomatic community in Brussels said.

"The EU representatives for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine approved a limited block of anti-Russian sanctions on Ukraine outside main sanction packages. Inclusion of about 40 tankers of the shadow fleet and about twelve individuals, including residents of foreign countries related to Russia, into the EU black list was agreed," the source said.

Such sanctions are to be approved by EU foreign ministers at their meeting in Brussels on December 15 and will then come into force, he added.