The European Commission on Monday said it will announce a more detailed strategy to phase out Russian oil and gas imports next month after twice delaying the plan.
The EU also pledged to quit Russian fossil fuels by 2027 in response to Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but has delayed publishing its roadmap for how to do so.
DAILY POST reports that the plan was initially due last month.
According to an agenda published on Monday, the Commission will now publish the roadmap on May 6.
The delays were reportedly due in part to uncertainty around US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs, with energy trade potentially factoring into EU-US trade talks.
While Russian pipeline gas deliveries have plunged since 2022, the EU increased its imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, LNG, last year, and the bloc still got 19% of its total gas and LNG supply from Russia in 2024.
Unlike oil, the EU is said to have not imposed sanctions on imports of Russian gas.
Meanwhile, Hungary has vowed to block Russian energy sanctions, which require unanimous approval from EU countries, while some other governments have also signalled unwillingness to approve sanctions on Russian LNG before the EU secures alternative supplies.
However, the Commission has not indicated what tools it plans to propose to accelerate its Russian energy phase-out.
