The European Union has added three senior Russian defence officials to the list of Russians and Ukrainians barred from entering the EU for undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
The decision to impose restrictions on the Russian defence officials and 16 other individuals followed the killing of 30 civilians in the southern port city of Mariupol by a rocket fired by pro-Russian separatists.
The Russian defence officials who are now subject to travel bans and a freeze on assets held in the EU are two deputy defence ministers – Anatoly Antonov and Arkady Bakhin – and the deputy chief of Russia’s general staff, Andrei …read more
Source: European Voice
