The EU is currently drafting a 19th package of Russia sanctions, which EU diplomats said was likely to include more listings of Chinese companies, Russian banks and vessels in Moscow’s sanctions-evading “shadow fleet”, as well as a transaction ban on Russian oil.
The Kremlin said on Monday that no sanctions would ever force Russia to change course.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer, Julia Payne, Jan Strupczewski, Kate Abnett and Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Gareth Jones and Kevin Liffey)