- The EU sanctioned 10 individuals and 17 entities on September 28, 2026, over the transfer of Ukrainian children.
- The measures freeze assets, restrict travel, and bar EU people and companies from providing resources to listed parties.
- Targets include Songdowon International Children’s Camp, Russian institutions, regional officials, and camp administrators.
The Council of the European Union imposed EU sanctions on 10 individuals and 17 entities on September 28, 2026, over the unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories. The listings address people and institutions connected to the transfers and related programs.
The measures freeze assets and bar listed individuals from entering or traveling through the EU. EU people and companies also cannot make funds or economic resources available to those designated. The restrictions apply to the listed parties.
One named institution is Songdowon International Children’s Camp in North Korea. The Council said the camp was used in programs involving Ukrainian children transferred from occupied territories in coordination with Russia.
The package also covers organizations and officials linked to children’s camps, education and sports. Council statements described programs aimed at promoting pro-Russian narratives. The measures reach beyond the act of moving children.
The targets include a North Korean camp and Russian institutions
The reported institutional targets include Moscow’s City Tourism Committee and Russian children’s and sports camps. Some camps were connected to “military-patriotic” education and propaganda-based reorientation.
The Council said Ukrainian children were brought to camps as part of organized programs. Those programs promoted pro-Russian narratives, according to the Council’s description. Camp settings form one strand of the listings.
The entities named in reporting are located in Russia, temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and North Korea. They include municipal, camp and sports-related institutions. The package therefore spans several jurisdictions and types of organization.
The targets also reflect attention to ideological reorientation alongside transfer. The research describes camps involved in assimilation, indoctrination and militarized education. These are the activities associated with the institutional listings.
Regional officials and camp administrators are also listed
Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, was listed for facilitating the deportation of Ukrainian children to camps in his region. His designation places a regional official among the targets.
The measures also cover the minister and deputy ministers of Education and Science in certain occupied territories. The reported list includes the Minister of Sports and Tourism of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
Heads of children’s camps and schools tied to ideological indoctrination are also covered. The named posts connect the package to education, sports and camp administration, as well as regional leadership. They represent different roles in the reported effort.
The Council cited Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
The Council placed the designations under the EU’s Ukraine-related restrictive-measures framework. It framed the measures as a response to actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence.
The action was adopted and announced on September 28, 2026. The relevant legal acts were published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Publication is a recorded part of the action, not evidence here of when each restriction took effect.
The public account does not give the full roster
The publicly reported names and categories do not amount to a complete list of all 10 individuals and 17 entities. The exact text of the Council statement also is not reproduced in the reporting summarized here. The Council’s position is conveyed through descriptions of its stated rationale and the targeted programs.
Diplomats were preparing a child-transfer package earlier in September
The current action follows an earlier EU package related to the transfer and indoctrination of Ukrainian children. The May package reportedly listed 16 people and seven organizations. Those figures belong to the earlier round.
In early September 2026, EU diplomats were reported to be preparing another package focused on deportation and ideological re-education. That preparation was reported ahead of the Council’s September 28 action. The Council’s adoption established the new measures.
