Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have formally urged the EU to expedite the implementation of a ban on Russian oil imports, seeking to further constrain Moscow’s financial capacity to wage war against Ukraine and to diminish Europe’s lingering energy dependence on Russia, Financial Times reported. Representatives from the Baltic nations pressed for the accelerated preparation of an oil phase-out plan during a meeting of EU energy ministers on Friday.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Sources cited by the publication indicated that EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen did not directly address the calls during the closed-door portion of the meeting. However, the European Commission has stated that it is actively developing a relevant proposal. According to European Commission data, the share of Russian oil in the EU’s total imports has fallen significantly, dropping from 27% at the beginning of 2022 to 2% in 2025. Despite this sharp decline, the remaining 2% still represents approximately 9.7 million tons of crude oil. The EU has already agreed on a framework to gradually phase out Russian natural gas imports by the autumn of 2027. However, the Financial Times noted that plans regarding a comprehensive oil embargo had been temporarily suspended due to the broader crisis surrounding Iran. The proposal for the oil ban was originally scheduled to be presented on April 15 but was removed from the European Commission’s preliminary agenda in March.