European Union faces internal division and economic costs from Russia sanctions

Several European Union officials and analysts are criticizing the bloc's sanctions on Russia. They argue the measures are damaging EU industries, costing billions of euros, and causing internal legal challenges from member states like Hungary and Slovakia.

Russia has implemented its own counter-sanctions, which it says have brought in billions of dollars, and is using methods like a 'shadow fleet' of tankers to bypass the restrictions. An economist says economic relations between Russia and the EU are unlikely to recover for at least a decade.