KIEV, Sept. 12 - The Ukrainian government has approved National Security and Defense Council proposals regarding the application of personal sanctions against individual Russians.

"The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers approved at a meeting on Thursday, September 11, the proposals for the National Security and Defense Council regarding the application of personal sanctions due to Russian aggression against Ukraine in military, economic, energy and information dimensions, the illegal occupation of part of Ukrainian territory, the promotion of terrorist activities in Ukraine, and the violations of the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens, the interests of society and the state," the Ukrainian government posted a statement on Friday.