EU must impose sanctions on Russian oil, ministers tell divided bloc

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union should step up sanctions on Russia to target its lucrative energy sector, the foreign ministers of Lithuania and Ireland said on Monday at the start of a week of intense diplomacy aimed at agreeing more steps against Moscow.

The European Union and its Western allies have already imposed a panoply of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including freezing its central bank’s assets.

The humanitarian crisis in the besieged port city of Mariupol is increasing pressure on Europe to do more.

“Looking at the extent of the destruction in Ukraine right now, it’s very hard to make the case that we shouldn’t be moving in on the energy sector,