The European Union proposed to impose sanctions against nearly 55 companies and more than 60 individuals as part of a new package of measures to mark two years since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported.
The restrictions will reportedly target individuals and firms involved in the production of weapons and the supply of key technologies and electronics used by Russian defence firms to develop weapons.
The EU also plans to impose sanctions on shipping companies that provide transport and logistics to ship munitions from North Korea to Russia, as Pyongyang is suspected to have provided Moscow with hundreds of thousands of artillery shells.
The group of member states is calling on the EU to add new economic sanctions to the package, which would be the 13th since February 2022.
The document envisages sanctions against Alexey Dyumin, a former security guard of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the current governor of the Tula Region, as well as directors of companies. However, the lists may change and be supplemented before member states agree on a new sanction package.
