European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced an initiative to achieve a faster halt to all European oil and gas imports from Russia following a conversation with US President Donald Trump.
“Russia’s war economy, sustained by revenues from fossil fuels, is financing the bloodshed in Ukraine,” she wrote on X on Tuesday.
“To put an end to it, the Commission will propose speeding up the phase-out of Russian fossil imports.”
Von der Leyen said the commission will soon present its 19th package of sanctions, targeting crypto, banks and energy.
