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Zelenskyy Sanctions Over 100 Russian Strike Personnel and Ships Carrying War Cargo
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new sanctions package on May 23 targeting more than 100 Russian military personnel involved in missile and drone strikes against Ukraine, alongside vessels used by Moscow to transport war cargo.
Zelenskyy announced the decision in his evening video address published on Telegram on May 23.
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"Today, I signed a new Ukrainian sanctions package that we must ensure is extended to other jurisdictions as well," Zelenskyy stated. "These sanctions target the occupiers – more than one hundred Russian military personnel involved in missile and drone strikes against our country and our people."
The Ukrainian leader added that a separate component of the package targets vessels Russia uses to ferry war cargo, including weapons, ammunition and military equipment. He noted that additional restrictive measures are being prepared along both "long-range and legal" tracks.
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The Ukrainian president emphasized the importance of opening additional negotiation clusters and securing meaningful progress in the accession talks.
The statement came days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, on May 21, proposed an interim "associate member" EU status for Ukraine—a framework Kyiv has consistently rejected as falling short of full membership.
"There can be no complete European project without Ukraine, and Ukraine's place in the European Union must also be complete, full and equal," Zelenskyy declared.
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Western governments have been progressively expanding restrictive measures targeting Russia's maritime logistics in parallel with Kyiv's own designations.
Canada, in early May, added 100 vessels from Moscow's so-called shadow fleet to its sanctions list as part of efforts to curb sanctions evasion.
Brussels has also opened discussions on a 21st EU sanctions package, expected to be finalized by late June or early July, with measures aimed at Russia's financial sector, military-industrial complex and shadow oil fleet.
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