Package of sanctions

On February 23rd 2022, in response to the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and the ordering of Russian armed forces into those areas, the European Union has extended the scope of sanctions against Russia. The EU has massively extended the sanctions after February 24th 2022, in response to the military aggression of Russia in Ukraine. A great number of persons and entities has been added to the list of sanctions and unprecedented measures have been adopted to considerably weaken the Russian economic base, deprive it of essential technologies and markets, and considerably reduce its capacity to wage war.

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Nineteenth package of sanctions on 23 October 2025

On October 23, 2025, the European Union adopted a nineteenth package of sanctions.

More information can be found in this overview (PDF, 164.36 KB).

Eighteenth package of sanctions on 18th July 2025

On 18th July 2025, the European Union has adopted an eighteenth package of sanctions which changes:

Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine: Implementing regulation - EU - 2025/1476 - EN - EUR-Lex(link is external)

Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine: Regulation - EU - 2025/1494 - EN - EUR-Lex(link is external)

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures against President Lukashenko and certain officials of Belarus: Regulation - EU - 2025/1472 - EN - EUR-Lex(link is external) and Implementing regulation - EU - 2025/1469 - EN - EUR-Lex(link is external)

More information can be found in this overview (PDF, 349.17 KB).

Seventeenth package: Targeted Restricitve Measures of May 20, 2025

On May 20, 2025, the European Union adopted a seventeenth package of sanctions.

More information can be found in  this overview (PDF, 215.11 KB).

Sixteenth package: Targeted Restricitve Measures of February 24, 2025

On February 24, 2025, the European Union adopted a sixteenth package of sanctions.

More information can be found in  this overview (PDF, 259.85 KB).

Fifteenth package: Targeted Restricitve Measures of December 16, 2024

On December 16, 2024, the European Union adopted a fifteenth package of sanctions. More information can be found on the 'package of sanctions' page.

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