Overview
- The Council listed Colonel General Aleksandr Chayko, the former Eastern Military District chief described as the most senior Russian officer on the ground when troops entered Bucha.
- The measures impose asset freezes, travel bans, and a ban on EU persons providing funds to those named.
- The Council said the listed commanders led units involved in murders, executions, torture, looting, and forcing civilians to remove bodies, actions it characterized as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- One sanctioned individual is accused of adopting a child illegally deported from Russian-occupied Donetsk to Russia.
- The action adds to a sanctions regime that now covers roughly 2,600 individuals and entities, aligning with the fourth anniversary and reported plans for EU ministers to meet in Bucha to consider further steps such as potential entry bans for Russians who took part in the war.