Ukrainian president sanctions 303 entities, 147 individuals

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday sanctioned 147 individuals and 303 entities, mostly from Russia.

According to a statement published on the presidential website, several Russian military chiefs, including Sergey Rudskoy, head of the main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, were sanctioned.

Also, Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on Andrey Kondrashov, the director general of the Russian state news agency TASS.

Among the sanctioned legal entities are companies operating in the fields of aviation, construction, and technology, and are registered in Russia, Cyprus, China, the UAE and other countries.

The sanctions are imposed for a period of five to 10 years.