European Union says move amounts to one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date linked to the war.

Europe will not back down in its support for Ukraine. The EU will keep raising the pressure until Russia ends its war,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a statement.

The decision was taken after Slovakia dropped its block on the sanctions, which provide for lowering a price cap on Russian oil exports, blacklisting 'shadow fleet' oil tankers and sanctions on companies in India and China.