Separatist chic!
Our Brussles correspondent reports that the European Union has added 19 individuals and nine entities to its list of those sanctioned because of the conflict in Ukraine. The new list includes Rusisan Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov and Russian deputy chief of the General Staff of the armed forces, Andrei Kartapolov.
More from our Brussels correspondent on the expanded EU sanctions:
The European Union has blacklisted an additional 19 individuals and nine entities for "undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine."
Among the 19 people who now will be under a visa ban and have their assets in the EU frozen are Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, as well as the deputy chief of the Russian General Staff of the armed forces, Andrei Kartapolov.
Two State Duma members -- including famed singer Iosif Kobzon -- and 15 separatists from the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are also blacklisted.
The Public Movement Novorossia is among the entities listed together with eight separatist fighting units, including the Cossack National Guard.
The EU decided to add to its sanction list after the January 24 shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which killed at least 29 people. The list now includes 151 individuals and 37 entities in Ukraine and Russia.