Key facts
- The UK Foreign Ministry said the UK is the only country to have sanctioned all of Russia's top 10 oil producers.
- The package targets companies that produce and trade energy as well as the shipping networks that transport it.
- Burnham plans to call on other nations at the European Political Community summit in Dublin to apply more economic pressure on Russia.
- The announcement followed the conclusion of trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi.
The UK announced a sanctions package on November 12, 2026, targeting Russia's energy and shipping sectors. The UK Foreign Ministry said the measures make the UK the only country in the world to have sanctioned all of Russia's top 10 oil producers.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the time had come to "continue to ramp up pressure on Russia to agree a full and immediate ceasefire." He plans to call on other nations at the European Political Community summit in Dublin to apply more economic pressure on Russia.
The announcement followed the conclusion of trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi. Burnham said: "Peace talks on Ukraine have progressed but now is not the time for complacency," adding that "we all now need to harness the momentum on negotiations and find a way forward for our security at home, and the security of our continent."
Russia's energy exports and shipping industry generate revenue that helps finance its war against Ukraine, and the UK said targeting both the companies that produce and trade energy and the shipping networks that transport it is part of efforts to restrict those revenues.
A November 12 report by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air said Spain imported 138,000 metric tonnes of Russian LNG in October despite having phased out imports from Moscow in September. The EU has also paid about 8.7 billion euros ($9.6 billion) for LNG from Russia's Arctic Yamal project in the first 10 months of 2026, the sanctions-monitoring NGO Urgewald said on November 12, citing Kpler data.