The European Union is developing plans for a sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which should include " It is reported by Politico with reference to four diplomats..

The new measures may also include cutting off more Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, they said..

Plans for the sixth package of sanctions are going to be presented to the EU countries early next week, the sources said..

Earlier, Ukraine officially appealed to the Secretariat of the Energy Community, the European Union and the countries participating in the Energy Cooperation Treaty with a proposal to impose a ban on the import of energy resources from the Russian Federation.

Before that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expressed the opinion that the sixth package of EU sanctions would include an embargo on Russian oil..

The fact that sooner or later the European Union will have to take measures against the import of gas and oil from Russia, said the President of the European Council Charles Michel.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly called for eliminating dependence on Russian gas and oil: he believes that Russia allows itself to attack other countries, because it is sure that Western countries depend on its oil and gas and will not be able to normally resist its actions. To reduce dependence on Russian gas, Germany agreed to cooperate in the energy sector with Qatar.

From Russian oil refused, in particular, the United States and Denmark. In the second half of March, four of the world's largest oilfield services companies exited the Russian market: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford.