The European Union has adopted its most extensive sanctions package yet, targeting nearly 1,600 individuals and entities connected to Russia’s military-industrial complex. Approved by EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, the measures freeze assets and ban travel for mid-level suppliers and individuals critical to producing advanced weapons like ballistic missiles and drones. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas emphasized the move is designed to make Russian weapons production “significantly harder, slower, and more costly,” marking a unified effort to restrict Moscow’s ability to sustain its offensive in Ukraine. An additional 77 individuals were also sanctioned for their involvement in what the EU deemed “sham” elections in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.