EU Proposes New Sanctions on Moscow Amid Claims of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

A man stands next to graves with bodies of civilians, who according to local residents were killed by Russian soldiers, in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 4, 2022. Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters

Brussels has proposed sweeping new sanctions against Russia, including an E.U.-wide ban on Russian coal imports, as the West responds to allegations that Russian forces engaged in civilian killings and other atrocities in Ukraine.

The European Union’s executive on Tuesday proposed a new round of sanctions against Moscow, including barring Russian imports worth nearly $10 billion and exports to Russia worth nearly $11 billion, including semiconductors and computers.