The EU approves the largest package of sanctions against Russia
These targeted sanctions target 1,600 individuals and organizations who manufacture weapons used by Russia in its war with Ukraine.
European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Monday approved sanctions against 1,600 people and entities linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, the largest round of sanctions to date.
In a statement, the EU Council explained thatthe measure responds to the 'continuing and increasingly severe Russian attack on Ukraine' and, in particular, to the 'deliberate and brutal military campaign against civilian infrastructure, which is causing serious suffering to the civilian population'.
The list drawn up by the Council includes 826 companies belonging to the Russian military industry and 743 persons holding the position of Director-General of these companies, the longest list approved to date by the EU.
The head of European Union diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, has said that more than half of the sanctions affect Russia's ballistic missile production chain against civilians in Ukraine. "The bombing of bridges in Kiev, ships carrying cereals and the National Academy of Sciences is not the very action of a peace-seeking country.
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