European Union Defence Ministers gathered in Brussels on Tuesday (May 20) as the EU adopted new sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.

According to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, measures included were aimed at Moscow's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers and measures related to human rights and hybrid threats

The sanction package is the 17th package against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine and will target the nearly 200 ship of its shadow fleet.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MAY 20, 2025) (EUROPEAN UNION - Access all)

1. GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER BORIS PISTORIUS GREETING LUXEMBOURG DEFENCE MINISTER YURIKO BACKES, ESTONIAN DEFENCE MINISTER HANNO PEVKUR AND OTHERS

2. PISTORIUS IN CONVERSATIN

3. BELGIUM DEFENCE MINISTER THEO FRANCKEN ARRIVING, GREETING BACKES

4. ARRIVAL OF BULGARIAN DEFENCE MINISTER ATANAS ZAPRYANOV

5. FRANCKEN IN CONVERSATION WITH PISTROIUS, BACKES AND PEVKUR, ARRIVAL OF ZAPRYANOV

6. MEDIA

7. PISTORIUS IN CONVERSATION WITH PEVKUR

8. ARRIVAL OF DEFENCE MINISTER OF SLOVAKIA ROBERT KALINAK

9. POLISH DEFENCE MINISTER WLADYSLAW KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ IN CONVERSATION

10. VARIOUS OF HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY KAJA KALLAS GREETING PEOPLE

11. PISTORIUS IN CONVERSATION

12. KALLAS OPENING MEETING BY RINGING BELL

13. PISTORIUS WALKING TO HIS SEAT

14. VARIOUS OF MINISTERS AT THEIR SEATS

15. MEETING