The European Union's upcoming 14th sanctions package against Russia must do more to choke off energy exports and clamp down on circumvention by third parties, an advisor to the office of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNBC.
Vladyslav Vlasiuk said it was also vital to tighten export controls on critical technologies used within Moscow's military equipment.
However, he noted that EU states would need to work more cohesively for sanctions to stand a chance of crossing the line by the end of next month as planned.
The EU's special envoy for the implementation of sanctions, David O'Sullivan, was in Kyiv Thursday to discuss the latest sanctions package amid ongoing pushback from member states such as Hungary.
Shapoval noted, however, that gas supplies were much more difficult to direct without European infrastructure than, for example, oil.
Persons:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Vlasiuk, David O'Sullivan, Nataliia, Shapoval, — Karen Gilchrist
Organizations:
CNBC, Kremlin, Russian Sanctions, EU
Locations:
Russia, Kyiv, Hungary, Belarus, China, India