Zelensky imposes sanctions on 162 entities of Russia's military-industrial and missile construction sectors

Decrees on restrictions against the Russian defence sector

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed documents No. 1058/2026 and No. 1059/2026. These decrees bring into force the decisions of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) regarding the application of sanction measures.

The restrictions affect Russian companies and citizens directly involved in the production of ballistic missiles, as well as those supplying equipment, electronics, and components for the military hardware of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC).

95 entities in the first list

The first list includes 51 individuals and 44 legal entities. Their activities are linked to the manufacture of long-range weapons of destruction, which Russia uses to destroy critical and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

Among the sanctioned structures are key enterprises that produce raw materials, equipment, and tools for the "Iskander", "Kalibr", Kh-101, and "Kinzhal" missile systems.

In particular, the restrictions extend to:

• The "G. S. Petrov Institute of Plastics" (production of components for composite materials);
• The "Special Purpose Space Systems Corporation 'Comet'" (equipment for armaments);
• The "VitaReaktiv", "Promenergo", and "Kirov Biokhimichesky Zavod" enterprises;
• The All-Russian Research Institute of Metrology named after D. I. Mendeleev.

Suppliers of electronics and machine tools

Separately, sanctions were applied against 32 Russian citizens and 35 companies operating in the supply chains of industrial equipment, tools, and electronics for the MIC.

This list includes:

• "Gagarinh" – a supplier of communication and control equipment for FPV drones;
• "Virgin-EK" – a company that supplies foreign electronic components to the Russian military;
• The "Pressmash" machine-building association – a supplier of metalworking machine tools for manufacturers of Kh-101, Kh-59 missiles, and "Orion" unmanned aerial vehicles.

Blow to the RUSAL industrial group

Sanction measures were also applied to enterprises of the Russian industrial group "RUSAL". Their products are used in the production of military aviation, armoured vehicles, missile armaments, and drones.

According to data, from April 2024 to March 2025, the companies "United Company RUSAL Trading House" and "RUSAL Taishet Aluminium Plant" imported aluminium oxide into Russia worth almost 150 million rubles. This raw material was used for the production of military hardware and weapons.

Comment from the President's advisor

Advisor and Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy Vladyslav Vlasyuk emphasised the systematic approach to the restrictions:

"Ми планомірно ідентифікуємо та застосовуємо санкції до підприємств, які залучені до виробництва російських балістичних ракет та інших засобів ураження. Працюємо над поширенням цих санкцій на інші юрисдикції. Сукупно це має суттєво послабити спроможності російського ВПК виробляти зброю", – зазначив він. ("We are systematically identifying and applying sanctions to enterprises involved in the production of Russian ballistic missiles and other means of destruction. We are working on extending these sanctions to other jurisdictions. Collectively, this should significantly weaken the capabilities of the Russian MIC to produce weapons," he stated.)