Lithuanian Foreign Minister: US And EU Sanctions Strike At The Driving Force Behind Russia's Military Economy

The Kremlin is caught off guard.

Foreign Minister Kiastutis Budrys said new US restrictions on Russian oil companies and the approved 19th European Union (EU) sanctions package are hitting Moscow's war economy.

The Lithuanian diplomatic chief said only joint US-EU action can force Russia to agree to an unconditional ceasefire, writes Delfi.

- Putin is caught off guard. Only the transatlantic alliance, by putting pressure on Russia where it hurts, can get Putin to stop deliberately bullying U.S. peace efforts and finally get him to agree to an unconditional truce. "We fully support the US sanctions against Russian oil giants and the EU's 19th package of sanctions - both of which strike at the driving force behind Russia's war economy," K. Budrys wrote on the social networking site "X"."

- The 20th package of sanctions should completely align the EU with the US and further target Russian oil and gas giants, Rosatom, as well as completely ban exports of dual-use goods to Russia," he said.

The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sanctions against two major Russian oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.

The sanctions include freezing all of the companies' assets in the US and banning all US companies from doing any business with the two Russian oil giants.

The European Union (EU) also imposed a 19th package of sanctions against Russia aimed at curbing Moscow's oil and gas revenues.

The community also accelerated by a year a ban on liquefied natural gas imports from Russia until early 2027.

The bloc also blacklisted more than 100 tankers from Moscow's so-called "shadow fleet" of aging vessels, and imposed travel controls on Russian diplomats suspected of espionage.

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