European Union Names 15 New Targets For Sanctions

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has released the names of 15 new targets of sanctions because of their roles in the Ukraine crisis.

The list released today includes Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, and Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, identified as head of GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and pro-Russian separatist leaders in Crimea and the eastern Ukrainian cities of Lugansk and Donetsk were also on the list.

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