President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on June 27 imposing sanctions on 52 Russian residents in addition to an extra 34 Russian corporations and one Chinese language entity concerned within the manufacturing of Shahed-type drones and chip manufacturing equipment.
Ukraine launched new restrictions as Russia has escalated drone assaults towards Ukrainian cities over the previous weeks, launching upwards of 400-500 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) per evening.
People and authorized entities topic to Ukrainian sanctions can not do enterprise and commerce in Ukraine, can not withdraw their capital from the nation. Within the meantime, their property are blocked, in addition to their entry to public and protection procurement, and entry into the territory of Ukraine, amongst different restrictions.
Andrii Yermak, head of the Presidential Workplace, said on Telegram that the sanction primarily enterprises and people collaborating with a Shahed manufacturing facility positioned within the city of Yelbuga in Russia's Tatarstan.
Russia has launched hundreds of low-cost however efficient Iranian-designed Shahed drones towards Ukraine because the fall of 2022. Initially designed in Iran, Russia has since produced its personal Shahed-type drones on Russian territory.
Drones have grow to be one of many defining instruments of the full-scale war, used extensively by each Ukraine and Russia for surveillance, long-range strikes, and tactical battlefield benefit.
Earlier within the day, Zelensky signed a decree to coordinate sanctions towards Russia with worldwide companions, significantly the European Union and the Group of Seven (G7).
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova