EU adopts new sanctions in response to Russian airstrikes on Kyiv
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The EU voted through five new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military-industrial complex on Aug. 7, Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, said.
Russia has taken advantage of Ukraine's lack of adequate air defenses to bombard Kyiv and civilian areas across the country. Moscow dropped more glide bombs on Ukraine in July than in any month since the start of the full-scale invasion.
"Each new attack on Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia," Kallas wrote.
Of the five new listings, an EU official highlighted to the Kyiv Independent Ramil Badgutdinov, General Director of JSC Serpukhov Plant Metallist, which produces precision electromechanical components, used in systems such as Russia's Iskander-M ballistic missile.
They also mentioned Aleksandr Dyukarev, who leads JSC "Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant", a company producing ballistic missiles, including the RS-28 "Sarmat" missile system
Rounding out the five listings were the Directors of Irz-Svyaz, which produces navigation components for Russian missiles; drone software company Aeromaks; and the space and military company JSC Research Instrument of Precision Instruments NII TP.
The EU's External Action Service, which Kallas heads, is discussing a new package of listings with EU countries of as many as 1,600 to 2,000 separate entries, two EU officials told the Kyiv Independent.
"The EU must continue to intensify pressure on Russia until Moscow ends its war," Kallas wrote.
