The European Union plans to impose restrictions on four Chinese companies that supply russia with components for strike drones, chemicals for military needs and service the russian "shadow fleet". This is reported by Politico with reference to the proposals of the EU External Action Service.
In addition to Chinese firms, five companies from the UAE, three from Turkey and one from Azerbaijan, which facilitate russian shipping and energy trade and subsidiaries of Lukoil, as well as dozens of other individuals and legal entities, may be subject to sanctions.
A decision on these restrictions is expected on June 15 at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. This "mini-package" will be adopted separately, in parallel with the preparation of a larger 21st package of sectoral sanctions, the release of which is scheduled for the summer.
The approval of the sanctions list requires unanimous support from all 27 EU member states.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, The Wall Street Journal stated that Chinese companies continue to massively supply components for Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to Iran and russia, despite US sanctions.
On April 30, Bloomberg wrote that most European Union countries are afraid of increasing pressure on China, thanks to which the russian federation receives up to 90% of the technologies necessary for the production of weapons.
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