Overview
- The Council of the European Union listed one person and five companies on July 17, imposing asset freezes, bans on providing funds and a travel ban for the named individual.
- All five companies belong to the ABS Electro group and are accused of making electronic and radio‑electronic components used in Russian Shahed and Geran type drones.
- The Council says those components increase drones' resistance to electronic warfare, which makes jamming and countermeasures less effective.
- The listed individual is Irina Kharisova, chair of ABS Electro's board and director of several group firms, who faces the EU travel ban and asset restrictions.
- The move also targets firms that supply automated control systems to Russia's energy sector to hit a key revenue stream, but EU officials warn that tracking dual‑use parts and enforcing supply‑chain bans will be a practical challenge without faster ally coordination.