In the ninth package of sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia, among others, 29 employees of the Main Computing Center of the Russian Armed Forces, which is engaged in missile guidance on targets in Ukraine, are included.. They were the subjects of a joint investigation by The Insider, Bellingcat and Der Spiegel.. Their names appear on a list published in the Official Journal of the EU on Friday 16 December..

All 29 employees of the MCC have officer ranks. According to investigative journalists, it is these people who direct guided missiles at Ukrainian civilian objects..

Sanctions were imposed, in particular, on the Director of the Main Computer Center, Major General Robert Baranov, the Deputy Commander of the Main Computer Center, Colonel Yevgeny Kapshuk, and the Commander of the Department for Preliminary Planning of Missile Strikes, Colonel Igor Bagnyuk..

Also, as reported by Deutsche Welle, according to The Insider, the United States will impose sanctions against them in the near future..

Recall that in a joint investigation by The Insider, Bellingcat and Der Spiege, published in October, it was said that there is a secret unit in the Main Computer Center of the Russian Armed Forces whose engineers aim Russian cruise missiles at civilian targets in Ukraine. Journalists called them remote killers.

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Recall that since October, Russia has already carried out nine massive missile attacks on Ukraine, which led to serious problems in the Ukrainian energy system.. For example, on December 16, the Russians launched 76 cruise missiles in Ukraine, 60 of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense.