The European Council has approved a new package of sanctions against Russia, its hybrid threats and systematic disregard for human rights, tightening pressure on Moscow as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine moves through its fifth year. The measures, adopted by the European Council on Monday, have updated the EU’s sanctions package with the additional listing of 34 individuals and 47 entities, targeting sectors that feed Russia’s war effort and its internal repression, as well as its systematic disregard for international law.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“These measures strike at the heart of Russia’s military-industrial complex, its shadow fleet, and the networks that fuel Moscow’s hybrid attacks against Europe,” said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, explaining that work is underway on the broader 21st sanctions package.According to the Council, the package is designed to constrain Russia’s military-industrial complex, curb its energy revenues by going after the shadow fleets used to ship oil, disrupt hybrid operations and propaganda, and spotlight human rights violations, including the poisoning and death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.“Western sanctions have already cost Russia an estimated €1 to €1.3 trillion ($1.2 to $1.5 trillion),” Kallas said, adding that “brick by brick, we are collapsing the foundations of Russia’s war economy.”Russia’s military-industrial complexIn recent years, Russia’s defense industry has increasingly relied on foreign suppliers and parallel imports to bypass Western import control, drawing heavily on networks in China and other foreign countries for critical components used in drones, missiles, and other military equipment.