Brussels (EFE).- The European Union agreed on Friday “in extremis” the tenth package of sanctions against Russia, coinciding with the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, which includes a veto on the export of technology for military use and measures against Iranian companies supplying drones to Moscow.
“Today, the EU has approved the tenth package of sanctions against Russia” to “help Ukraine win the war,” announced the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union on its official Twitter account.
The EU is “united with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people”, continued the Swedish EU presidency, which promised that the 27 would continue to support Kiev “for as long as it takes”.
Negotiations between the EU countries had stalled in recent hours due to the volume of synthetic rubber quotas that the Twenty-seven will be able to import from Russia, since Poland wanted to lower them, although the agreement was finally reached after more than twenty-four hours.
Stronger sanctions
The negotiated package “includes, for example, stricter restrictions on the export of technology and dual-use items,” selective restricted measures against individuals and entities that support the war, spread propaganda, or deliver drones used by Russia in the war, and measures against Russian disinformation,” the Swedish presidency listed in its tweet.
“Collectively, the EU member states have imposed the strongest and most far-reaching sanctions ever imposed to help Ukraine win the war,” he concluded.
Specifically, 47 electronic components will be sanctioned that Russia can use in its weapons systems, such as drones, missiles and helicopters, in such a way that, taking into account the nine previous packages, all technological products found on the battlefield will have been prohibited. , according to what the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had said when proposing them.
Seven Iranian companies linked to the Revolutionary Guard that make the drones that Tehran is giving to Moscow to bomb Ukraine will also be sanctioned.
The new measures include a hundred Russian individuals and companies, including members of the Army, those responsible for committing crimes in Ukraine and for deporting Ukrainian children to Russia.
All of them will have the goods and assets that they have in the EU frozen and they will be prohibited from entering community territory.
The tenth package puts the focus once again on the need to prevent both Russia and the oligarchs from circumventing the sanctions and it has been agreed to study the possibility of using the assets of the Russian Central Bank frozen in the EU for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
However, various countries – among them Spain – harbor legal doubts about the possibility of using the funds for reconstruction and ask for the maximum international consensus.
The sanctions, however, still need to be formally approved before they can actually take effect.
Beyond this tenth package against Russia, the EU countries will start discussing a new round of sanctions against Belarus early next week for its support for the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine.
