Overview
- EU ministers added 41 vessels to the sanctions list, barring them from EU ports and maritime services and bringing the total of designated ships to nearly 600.
- The listings target non‑EU tankers that evade the oil price cap, support Russia’s energy sector, move military equipment, or ship stolen Ukrainian grain and cultural goods.
- EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan said Brussels will shift to rolling monthly or weekly vessel designations and is seeking faster or open‑ended flag‑state consent to board suspect ships.
- The UK unveiled 24 new sanctions, naming trader Murtaza Ali Lakhani and blacklisting Tatneft, Russneft, NNK‑Oil and Rusneftegaz to disrupt Russian oil trading networks.
- UK measures also target Central Asian cotton‑pulp supply chains used in munitions, while IEA data show Russia’s export revenues fell to a post‑invasion low in November.