West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’

US group Dekleptocracy identifies chemicals used for military vehicles' lubricants and tyres as potential vulnerabilities

A US group has identified several obscure but potentially key sanctions it says could seriously disrupt Russia's war effort in Ukraine after last month's targeting of the Kremlin's biggest oil firms.

Previous rounds of sanctions have been applied to Russian energy companies, banks, military suppliers and the shadow fleet" of ships carrying Russian oil.