Council of EU once again extends individual sanctions over Ukraine situation

BRUSSELS. March 12 (Interfax) - The Council of the European Union made a decision on Tuesday to extend the restrictions imposed on individuals the EU deems "responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine" for another six months.

These individual sanctions will be in effect until September 15, 2024, the Council of the EU said in a statement released in Brussels.

"The existing restrictive measures provide for [EU] travel restrictions for natural persons, the freezing of assets, and a ban on making funds or other economic resources available to the listed individuals and entities," the statement said.

These restrictions "will continue to apply to over 2,100 individuals and entities," many of which were designated in light of the events in Ukraine, it said.

"In the context of the sanctions' review, the Council also decided not to renew the listings of three individuals and remove nine deceased persons from the list," the Council of the EU said.

The EU individual sanctions in light of the Ukraine situation were first imposed on March 17, 2014. The list of individuals and entities subject to these measures is constantly reviewed and periodically renewed, the Council of the EU said.