Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian ballistic missile manufacturers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to impose sanctions on a number of additional individuals and legal entities.

That is according to the Office of the President of Ukraine , Ukrinform reports.

The sanctions target Russian entities involved in the production of ballistic missiles, those facilitating sanctions evasion in the financial sector, and individuals acting in Russia's interests in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

The first sanctions list includes 70 Russians involved in the production of Iskander-M and Zircon ballistic missiles, which their country uses to launch massive strikes on Ukrainian cities and communities, killing people and destroying civilian infrastructure.

"Russia has killed 153 people and injured 723 in Ukraine in the past week alone. Residential buildings, businesses, medical facilities, schools, kindergartens and universities have been destroyed or damaged, and strikes have targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure. In these terrorist attacks, Russia has used around 1,450 guided aerial bombs, more than 1,640 attack drones and 75 missiles of various types, including ballistic missiles," the statement said.

It added that, in response to these ongoing attacks, Ukraine is imposing not only long-range sanctions but also sanctions against key employees of Russia's military-industrial complex and chemical industry enterprises – people involved in maintaining the uninterrupted industrial production cycle for ballistic missiles.

These include employees of the Votkinsk Plant, the V. V. Bakhirev Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Radar MMS, Granit-Electron, Anozit, Aviatek, Metafrax Chemicals, Altai, Nevinnomyssky Azot, Azot, Salyut, Strela, VNIIr-Progress, Mashinostroitel, Avangard, the Sverdlov and Morozov plants, the Voskresensk Aggregate Plant, and the Polyus and Submikron research institutes. All these enterprises are already subject to Ukrainian sanctions and, in some cases, sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada and New Zealand.

The Office of the President of Ukraine said Ukraine would now work with its partners not only to fully synchronize sanctions against these Russian military-industrial and chemical industry entities but also to target their key employees.

Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the president's advisor and commissioner for sanctions policy, recalled that Ukraine and most of its partners had long imposed sanctions on enterprises producing Iskander and Zircon missiles. However, he stressed, specific people are responsible for assembling the missiles: engineers, process engineers and production managers.

"We are now adding them to the sanctions list as well – 70 key employees in the missile supply chain, from chemical plants supplying fuel and explosive components to the assembly shops in Votkinsk. Everyone who makes missiles used to strike Ukrainian cities must understand that responsibility is personal and that they will not escape it," Vlasiuk said.

Sanctions have also been imposed on 28 individuals and 27 legal entities that help Russia evade financial sanctions. They include cryptocurrency exchange operators, cryptocurrency exchange services, and their executives and owners. Restrictions have also been introduced against the executives and owners of companies belonging to the A7 shadow banking network, which publicly offers instruments for circumventing financial sanctions. The United States had previously imposed sanctions on the A7 network.

Under another decision, sanctions have been imposed on ten individuals, 21 legal entities and two seagoing vessels that assist Russia and act in its interests in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. They finance Russia's unprovoked war of aggression, plunder Ukraine's natural resources and spread Russian propaganda. Those targeted include collaborators who cooperate with Russia and assist its military, as well as enterprises providing internet and television services, conducting geological exploration, and manufacturing electronic and metal products in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.

The relevant decrees enacting the National Security and Defense Council's decisions on personal sanctions have been published on the president's website under Nos. 1035/2026, 1036/2026 and 1037/2026.

In decrees dated September 13, Zelensky enacted National Security and Defense Council decisions imposing personal sanctions on a number of vessels and 68 individuals and legal entities.