EU Hits Russia With Nearly 1,600 New Sanctions Listings in Largest Expansion Since Full-Scale Invasion

European Union foreign ministers have approved nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex, marking the largest expansion of the bloc’s sanctions list since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas announced the decision on X on October , emphasizing that more than half of the newly approved listings are connected to Russia’s ballistic missile production supply chain.

“EU Foreign Ministers just adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex. This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war.,” Kallas wrote.

She also stressed that the decision demonstrates continued European unity in efforts to restrict Russia’s ability to manufacture weapons used in its war against Ukraine.

“More than half are connected to the production chain for ballistic missiles. We are making it significantly harder, slower and more expensive for Russia to produce the weapons it uses to kill Ukrainians,” Kallas stated.

According to earlier reporting by Euronews, the new measures will target 743 individuals and 826 organizations accused of supporting Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The sanctions list will also include 77 Russian lawmakers who ran in September State Duma  elections held in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.

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The latest expansion follows discussions over the scope of the EU’s proposed 22nd sanctions package, including concerns about the potential impact of certain restrictions on European industries.

In one such case, the EU removed a Russian company and an individual associated with it from the proposed package at Estonia’s request. The company supplies strategically important rare-earth materials to an Estonian processing facility.

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