Ukraine is taking a decisive step toward forming an international sanctions alliance against aggressor nations and their allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed two important decrees implementing new decisions by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). These documents officially launch the process of aligning Ukrainian sanctions with the European Union’s 20th sanctions package. This was reported by Glavkom, citing the Office of the President.
The European initiative covers more than 120 individuals and organizations, dealing a blow to key sectors of the Russian economy. Many of these entities were already subject to Ukrainian sanctions, but the restrictions now extend to new participants who assisted Russia in gray imports and the procurement of scarce technologies from the West.
The NSDC’s new decision covers 16 Russian citizens and 31 companies. The entities subject to sanctions are located in Russia, Belarus, the UAE, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, as well as in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
In particular, companies from the UAE that were involved in the sale of industrial machine tools, high-precision laboratory equipment, specialized chemical products, and spare parts for aviation have been sanctioned. Restrictions have also been imposed on a leading oil exporter in Belarus.
