Brussels adopted targeted sanctions on August 7 against five individuals involved in the Russian military-industrial complex, in response to recent airstrikes against Ukraine. The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced the measures without specifying the names of those targeted.
These new additions to the European blacklists come amid renewed Russian strikes against Ukraine. Kaja Kallas justified the decision on the social network X: "Every new attack against Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia."
The High Representative also accused Moscow of deliberately intensifying its bombing of civilian populations at a time when its forces are bogged down on the front lines. “With its army immobilized on the battlefield, Moscow is further increasing its campaign of terror against civilians,” she said, calling on the EU to “continue to increase pressure on Russia until Moscow ends its war.”
These five individual sanctions are in addition to the 21st package adopted on July 23, which had already targeted 48 individuals and 170 additional entities, constituting the largest wave since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This package targeted the financial, energy, and military-industrial sectors, cryptocurrency networks, the parallel fleet circumventing oil restrictions, and companies fueling Russia's war economy.
Of the 56 entries in this package specifically targeting the military-industrial complex, 37 concerned individuals and entities directly linked to the production and supply chain of long-range drones. The text was finalized after Greece obtained a renewable annual waiver allowing its companies to continue transporting Russian liquefied natural gas to customers outside the EU.
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