Canada Sanctions More Than 200 Russians in Eastern Ukraine Where War Escalates

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Melaine Joly talk after a meeting with NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 7, 2022. AP/Pool/Evelyn Hockstein

Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 200 people who are loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

Global Affairs Canada says the new measures target 11 senior officials and 192 other members of the People’s Councils of the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk for supporting Putin’s attack on the area.