Canberra: According to data on the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's website, Australia has sanctioned 75 Russian State Duma legislators, as well as a number of important ministers from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR).
The list includes more than 20 DPR ministers and 15 LPR ministers, according to the paper. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine in response to pleas for protection from Ukrainian forces by the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. The special operation, which targets Ukrainian military infrastructure, aims to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Moscow has stated that it has no intention of occupying Ukraine. Russia has been subjected to a slew of sanctions imposed by Western countries.
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