The measures were announced by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who said the decision represents the biggest enlargement of the sanctions list since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
Figures vary by source. DW reported 1,646 designations — 743 individuals and 826 organizations on the main list. Radio Liberty and Novaya Gazeta Europe put the total at around 1,600.
More than half of the new entries are tied to the production chain for ballistic missiles, including missiles for the Iskander-M system, DW reported, citing Reuters data. The list covers manufacturers of solid rocket fuel, engines, specialized textiles, and synthetic and carbon fibers.
The restrictions also target drone manufacturers and shipbuilding enterprises that service submarines. According to DW sources in EU diplomatic circles, the list contains no prominent new names of Russian oligarchs.
Separately, 77 people involved in organizing State Duma elections in Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army were added to the sanctions lists. Seven more individuals and entities from North Korea were sanctioned over ties to Russian military activity.
Kallas said the EU is making the production of the weapons Russia uses to kill Ukrainians "more complicated, slower and more expensive." She said Europe is once again demonstrating a united front.
DW, citing diplomatic sources, noted that the decision is formally not another sanctions package: it does not provide for new sectoral restrictions on the Russian economy. It is an expansion of the lists. The Council of the EU approved an agreement reached by EU member state representatives on October 7.