President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed decrees enacting decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the imposition of sanctions targeting occupiers responsible for missile strikes on Ukrainian territory, as well as maritime vessels forming part of Russia’s shadow military logistics fleet.
The first sanctions package includes 127 Russian occupiers involved in missile strikes on Ukraine, including critical infrastructure and civilian targets.
Restrictions have been imposed on commanders of long-range aviation units of Russian Aerospace Forces who have used more than 4,100 air-launched cruise missiles Kh-101, Kh-55, Kh-555, Kh-22, Kh-32, as well as Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles. In particular, they carried out strikes on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv on July 8, 2024, and on an apartment block in Ternopil on November 19, 2025, resulting in the deaths of 38 people, including eight children. They also include those who carried out strikes using FAB-1500 and FAB-3000 bombs on Mariupol in March 2022.
Sanctions were also imposed on commanders of missile and artillery units of the Russian Ground Forces. They carried out more than 1,100 attacks using Iskander-K ground-launched cruise missiles and Iskander-M ballistic missiles. As a result, attacks were carried out on critical and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, including the strike on a café-shop in the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region on October 5, 2023, which killed 59 people; the attack on the central part of Sumy, which caused 35 casualties, including two teenagers; and the strike on the center of Chernihiv on April 17, 2024, where three missiles killed 18 people and injured 78 more.
The second package includes 29 civilian commercial vessels involved in transporting cargo for Russia’s military needs. They are used for the regular transportation of large volumes of weapons, ammunition, military equipment, and personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Most of them are already under sanctions by the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom. Ukraine will work with partners to synchronize sanctions against the remaining vessels.
“Sanctions are a tool for systematically limiting Russia’s ability to wage war. One of today’s packages highlights the supply channels of weapons for the Russian army – we will see which ports will now accept these vessels. The other targets those who issue orders and carry out missile terror against Ukrainian cities. This is about increasing the cost of aggression for Russia, complicating its military operations, and ensuring inevitable accountability for strikes on civilians and infrastructure,” said Advisor – Commissioner of the President for Sanctions Policy, Vladyslav Vlasiuk.