The European Union approved the fourth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes 160 more Russians, including businessmen, politicians, as well as three Belarusian banks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

"We are further tightening the net of sanctions responding to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine

• Listing 160 individuals: oligarchs, Russian Federation Council members

• Belarus banking sector

• Export of maritime navigation technology to Russia

• Adding crypto-assets," Von der Leyen wrote on Twitter.

The French presidency of the European Union also said on Twitter that EU ambassadors had approved that new sanctions added would apply to "Russian leaders and oligarchs and their family members implicated in the Russian aggression against Ukraine."

The French Presidency said the new sanctions approved on March 9 also include targeting the maritime sector and measures aim at excluding three Belarusian banks from the SWIFT financial payment messaging system, while also clarifying the issue of cryptocurrencies and giving a complete list of technologies and goods that cannot be sold between Russia and the bloc.

More details will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.