Overview
- The Office of the President of Ukraine on October 12, 2026 added 70 named Russians — engineers, technologists and production managers tied to factories and research institutes — to its sanctions lists.
- The package also targets 28 individuals and 27 companies accused of helping Russia evade sanctions through crypto exchanges, crypto‑services and firms linked to the A7 payment network.
- Ukraine imposed additional measures on 10 people, 21 legal entities and two ships that Kyiv says operate in Russia’s interest on occupied Ukrainian territory.
- Ukrainian sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasyuk said the move personalizes responsibility for weapons used against Ukrainian cities by hitting the people who build and fund them.
- The measure comes alongside an EU expansion of sanctions that names hundreds of entities and individuals and is backed by investigative reporting, though enforcement gaps in crypto and opaque asset chains remain a key challenge.