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| LONDON — A day after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions against Russia, the European Union on Tuesday added 15 names to its own list of figures close to the Kremlin, including senior military and political officials and pro-Russian militants in Ukraine, who will now be subject to asset freezes and travel bans. | LONDON — A day after the Obama administration imposed new sanctions against Russia, the European Union on Tuesday added 15 names to its own list of figures close to the Kremlin, including senior military and political officials and pro-Russian militants in Ukraine, who will now be subject to asset freezes and travel bans. |
| The sanctions, initially designed to punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, reflected deepening concern about instability in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have taken over a string of city halls and other public facilities, weakening the already frayed authority of the interim government in Kiev, the capital. | The sanctions, initially designed to punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, reflected deepening concern about instability in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have taken over a string of city halls and other public facilities, weakening the already frayed authority of the interim government in Kiev, the capital. |
| One of the most recent signs of instability came on Monday when Gennady A. Kernes, the 54-year-old mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and only 20 miles from the Russian border, was shot in the back and nearly killed by a would-be assassin. Aides said on Tuesday that he had been flown to a hospital in Israel for treatment. | |
| On Monday, the United States expanded its list of targets for sanctions, concentrating on the holdings of four wealthy associates of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and including banks, energy companies, investment accounts and other entities controlled by the four men. | On Monday, the United States expanded its list of targets for sanctions, concentrating on the holdings of four wealthy associates of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and including banks, energy companies, investment accounts and other entities controlled by the four men. |
| On Tuesday, the 28-nation European Union said its measures would affect officials including Dmitri N. Kozak, a deputy prime minister; and Lyudmila I. Shvetsova, a senior figure in the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament. The list also included Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian military, along with Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, identified as the head of the Kremlin’s military intelligence agency, the G.R.U. | On Tuesday, the 28-nation European Union said its measures would affect officials including Dmitri N. Kozak, a deputy prime minister; and Lyudmila I. Shvetsova, a senior figure in the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament. The list also included Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian military, along with Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, identified as the head of the Kremlin’s military intelligence agency, the G.R.U. |
| Pro-Russian militants who have led the assault on government facilities in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Lugansk and Donetsk were also on the list. | Pro-Russian militants who have led the assault on government facilities in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Lugansk and Donetsk were also on the list. |
| The latest additions brought the number of people on the European list to 48. | The latest additions brought the number of people on the European list to 48. |
| The European Union is Russia’s biggest trading partner, but it also depends on Russia for significant oil and gas supplies, making some of its member states, most significantly Germany, cautious about using its economic clout against Moscow. | The European Union is Russia’s biggest trading partner, but it also depends on Russia for significant oil and gas supplies, making some of its member states, most significantly Germany, cautious about using its economic clout against Moscow. |
| The bloc has threatened tougher sanctions if the crisis in eastern Ukraine worsens. Measures directly targeting Russia’s energy and financial sectors are not yet under consideration. | The bloc has threatened tougher sanctions if the crisis in eastern Ukraine worsens. Measures directly targeting Russia’s energy and financial sectors are not yet under consideration. |
| Moscow has massed thousands of troops close to the border with Ukraine, ostensibly on training maneuvers, raising fears among Ukrainians that Russian troops are in position to move swiftly across the border — an act that the interim government in Kiev says would be treated as an invasion. | Moscow has massed thousands of troops close to the border with Ukraine, ostensibly on training maneuvers, raising fears among Ukrainians that Russian troops are in position to move swiftly across the border — an act that the interim government in Kiev says would be treated as an invasion. |
| In addition to the entities affected by the American measures, the Obama administration on Monday imposed sanctions on seven prominent Russians, including two longtime Putin advisers: Igor I. Sechin, the president of the state-owned oil company Rosneft; and Sergei V. Chemezov, the director general of Rostec, the state corporation overseeing high-technology industries. | |
| The American measures were announced on a day of ominous developments in eastern Ukraine, where, in addition to the shooting of the mayor of Kharkiv, masked antigovernment militants seized control of the city of Konstantinovka, further exposing the limits of Kiev’s control. | |
| Late Monday evening, doctors transferred Mr. Kernes, the mayor, to a hospital in Israel after he underwent a two-hour operation to repair damage to his lungs, an aide said. The police said that the bullet that struck Mr. Kernes had been fired from a sniper rifle and had missed his heart by a few millimeters. | |
| The fact that he was well enough to be flown to Israel showed that his condition had improved significantly, the aide said. | |
| “He is stable. That is all we can say right now,” a staff member at Elisha Hospital in Haifa, northern Israel, told Reuters. Israel Radio said that doctors believed Mr. Kernes did not require further surgery for now as his operation in Ukraine had been successful, according to Reuters. | |
| Mr. Kernes, a powerful figure in Kharkiv politics, had been increasingly seen as a guarantor of stability as pro-Russian forces gained strength elsewhere in the east. | |
| On Tuesday morning there were no obvious signs of a response to the attack from either pro-Russian or pro-Ukrainian supporters in Kharkiv. |