Zelensky Targets Russia’s Electronic Warfare Supply Chain With New Sanctions

Zelensky Targets Russia’s Electronic Warfare Supply Chain With New Sanctions

Kyiv Postworld

Key Points:

  • President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree imposing new sanctions on 95 individuals and 70 companies supplying electronic warfare, communications, and microelectronics equipment to Russia’s military and security agencies.
  • The sanctions target key suppliers involved in technologies crucial for Russian battlefield communications, drone suppression, and electronic countermeasures, as well as firms in Russia’s chemical, extractive, metallurgical, fuel, and energy sectors.
  • The measures were adopted following a decision by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council and will be enforced by multiple government bodies, including the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Bank.
  • Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will notify international partners such as the EU and the US, seeking coordinated sanctions to prevent Russia