EU Targets Russia’s Drone Access, Banks in Sanctions Package
Local residents look at a residential building damaged by a missile attack in the village of Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka, Kharkiv region, on Dec. 2.
Photographer: Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images
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The European Union’s executive arm has proposed sanctioning Russia’s access to drones, three banks and those responsible for the alleged abduction of children from Ukraine to Russia as part of a ninth package of sanctions targeting Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
“We will cut Russia’s access to all sorts of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles. We propose to ban the direct exports of drone engines to Russia and the export to any third countries, such as Iran, which could supply drones to Russia,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.