President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted two new executive decrees that formally synchronize Ukraine’s national sanctions matrix with the EU’s latest restrictions, expanding blacklist controls over key foreign entities keeping Russia’s war machine supplied. The text of Decrees No. 447/2026 and No. 448/2026, released by the President’s Office on Saturday, May 30, integrates the architectural parameters of the EU’s 20th sanctions package into Ukrainian domestic law. This targeted legal alignment introduces sweeping economic blocks affecting 120 individuals and organizations across multiple continents.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. While a significant portion of the names highlighted in the EU’s tracking index were already subject to prior Ukrainian restrictions, the new orders explicitly expand coverage to 16 additional Russian nationals and 31 external corporate entities. The targeted operations span beyond Russia and Belarus to include third-party logistics firms based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. Hammering the drone supply chain and energy Hubs The core structural focus of the expanded corporate blacklist is the systematic degradation of Russia’s defense-industrial supply loops, specifically clamping down on modern electronic warfare (EW) nodes, software developers, and military drone component suppliers. Key corporate targets added to the registry include LLC “Atlant Aero”, a prominent Russian aerospace manufacturer specialized in fabricating structural components and specialized hulls for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and LLC “Irz-Zvyazok”, a Russian communications producer supplying specialized transmission systems and micro-components used in high-velocity ballistic missiles and long-range attack drones.