The European Union (EU) is mulling introducing secondary sanctions in an effort to prevent third countries from helping Russia circumvent the bloc’s existing punitive measures against Moscow, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports.

EU foreign ministers will meet in Denmark this week to discuss the details of a new package of sanctions on Russia.

The EU is working on a 19 th package of sanctions that’s for now mainly expected to focus on Russian kidnappers of Ukrainian children, an issue that’s resonated with US President Donald Trump when he last met European leaders in the White House to discuss the war.