Priest Andrii Gavalin presides over the funeral of Eugene Bogdanov, 35, in Bucha, Ukraine, on May 10. Bogdanov went missing two months ago. His wife, Natalia Bogdanova, was searching for him throughout the Kyiv and Bucha regions when his body was found at a morgue in Belaya Tserkov on May 9. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Natalia Bogdanova inspects the body bag containing her husband's remains. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Bogdanov's remains are laid into the ground. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Svetlana Magyrovks, 58, gets water from her well to finish cleaning her kitchen after Russians shelled the neighborhood in early March in Irpin, Ukraine, on May 9. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Magyrovks cleans her kitchen. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A bed and baby crib are seen in a burned apartment bedroom. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Magyrovks picks up a giant purple teddy bear in a room of her home. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A neighborhood in Irpin is seen from a shell-damaged apartment nearby. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Two women prepare to sing traditional songs for burials at a cemetery in Borodianka, Ukraine, on April 26. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A resident removes belongings after his apartment was destroyed by Russian missiles in Borodianka on April 26. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A cat sits in a window of an apartment building in a neighborhood destroyed by Russian missiles. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A Ukrainian Secret Service member walks through a neighborhood destroyed by Russian missiles. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
The view of a neighborhood destroyed by Russian missiles. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Mourners attend funeral services for Mark Bobrovytsky, 59, Halyna Bobrovytskyi, 59, and Maksym Bobrovytsky, 25, at a cemetery in Borodianka on April 23. They died in their apartment after a Russian airstrike. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Friends and family pay respects to the Bobrovytskys. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Funeral services for the Bobrovytskys are seen from above. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Roberto Marquez, a Mexican painter, works on a new painting at the destroyed bridge crossing the Irpin River from the town of Irpin northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 22. The bridge was blown up by Ukrainian forces in an attempt to slow Russian armor reaching Kyiv. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A van riddled with bullet marks is parked near a church in Borodianka. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Ukrainian soldiers and other parishioners attend Easter services at the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Irpin on April 24. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A parishioner bows during Easter services. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A woman attends Easter services at the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A man pays respects to Fedorenko Viktor Dmytrevych, 86, at a cemetery in Irpin on April 22. Dmytrevych was a surgeon and died of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 after living and hiding in a basement for a month from the Russian soldiers. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Svitlana Pavlivna Fedorenko, 76, pays her respects to Dmytrevych. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Yryna Chebotok, 26, is hugged by her grandmother at the grave of her grandfather, Volodymyr Rubaylo, 71, at the cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 21. Rubaylo was shot in the head by Russian soldiers when he left his house to buy cigarettes. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Natalia Maznychenko, 57, holds a portrait of her husband, Vasyl Maznychenko, 60. Vasyl was killed by shrapnel when an explosion hit near their house. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Nikolai Ponamarenko and his wife, Julia, retrieve a water tank from their apartment building in Borodianka on April 21. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A sink and a washer are seen in a destroyed building. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Destroyed buildings line the streets of Borodianka. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
A family gets in the car after loading up belongings from their apartment. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Relatives and friends attend the funeral ceremony for a Ukrainian Ruslan Nechyporenko, who was killed March 17 by Russian soldiers in the recaptured city of Bucha on April 18. Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko/UPI
Relatives and friends lay their heads on the casket of a man killed by Russian soldiers. Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA
The cannon of a destroyed tank lies beside a highway in Borodianka. Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko/UPI
A Ukrainian woman cries near destroyed buildings. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
Debris from destroyed buildings and cars litters the streets. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
Ukrainian soldiers take pictures with destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
A teddy bear hangs on the wreckage of buildings. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
A destroyed bridge remains. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
Destroyed Russian military machinery clutters a street. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
A mass grave is seen behind a church in Bucha. Ukraine and Western nations accused Russian troops of war crimes after the discovery of the mass graves and civilians who were apparently executed near Kyiv. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
A partially buried body is seen in a mass grave. One rescue official said 57 people were found in one hastily dug trench behind a church. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
Graves hold bodies of civilians, who local residents say were killed by Russian soldiers. Photo by Vladyslav Musienko/UPI
June 28 (UPI) -- The United States on Tuesday unveiled sweeping punitive measures targeting what it called "Russia's war machine" over its invasion of Ukraine.
Dozens of defense-related industries, Russian military units, hundreds of Russian military officers, Russian gold exports and defense firm Rostec as well as its key holdings, affiliated entities, its board of directors and their family members, were blacklisted by the U.S. departments of Treasury and State on Tuesday.
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The sweeping regulations are the latest the United States has imposed against Russia since its president, Vladimir Putin, launched a war against his Eastern European neighbor Feb. 24, drawing the condemnation of the democratic world.
They also come as President Joe Biden wrapped up a trip to Germany where he promised alongside other G7 leaders to continue support for Ukraine in its fight.
In a statement Tuesday, the Treasury said it sanctioned 70 entities, many of which it described as critical to Russia's defense industrial base, including State Corporation Rostec, "the cornerstone of Russia's defense, industrial, technology and manufacturing sector."
"Broad multilateral commitments and actions by G7 members this week further cut off the Russian Federation's access to technology that is critical to their military," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. "Targeting Russia's defense industry will degrade Putin's capabilities and further impede his war against Ukraine, which has already been plagued by poor morale, broken supply chains and logistical failures."
The Treasury also announced an expected ban on the importation of Russia-origin gold into the United States. Britain had previously announced that the United States, Britain, Canada and Japan had agreed to cut off imports of Moscow's largest non-energy revenue source at about $15.47 billion last year.
In a coordinated move, the State Department said it designated 45 defense-related entities that are part of Russia's "appalling campaign of violence against the people of Ukraine."
Along with the Treasury's blacklisting of Rostec, the State Department designated 19 of its board of directors and nine of their spouses and adult children.
It also said it was designating Uzbekistan-based Promcomplektlogistic Private Company for supporting Radioavtomatika, an entity that specializes in procuring foreign items for Russia's defense industry and which was sanctioned in an earlier sweeping round of punitive measures in March.
Three military units were also designated over their alleged involvement in Bucha, a city where hundreds of Ukrainian citizens were brutally killed by retreating Russian forces and which has become a symbol of the brutality of Russia's war.
"Images of dead civilians lining Yablunska Street are seared into our global memory and will not be forgotten," the State Department said, referring to a street in Bucha.
The 76th Guards Air Assault Division has been "directly implicated in violence against unarmed civilians in Bucha" while the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade has been called "the butchers of Bucha," the State Department said.
"This unit killed numerous civilians, detained civilians, beat detained civilians, conducted mock executions of civilians, dismembered civilians, including removing parts of their scalps and removing their limbs, burned civilians and seized and damaged civilian homes and property," it said
The 234th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment, which was stationed on Yablunska Street, has also been connected to the deaths of Ukrainians and has been implicated in the destruction of homes in the ravaged city.
Halyna Danylchenko, the Russia-installed mayor of Melitopol city, was also designed by the State Department, which imposed visa restrictions against 511 Russian military officers and 18 Russian nationals.
Meanwhile, Biden issued a proclamation to raise tariffs on more than 570 groups of Russian products valued at about $2.3 billion to Moscow's economy.
"Targeting enablers of President Putin's war impedes Russia's present and future war effort," State Secretary Antony Blinken said in a statement.
The United States and its allies have repeatedly imposed punitive measures against Russia over its war, which have seemingly been taking a toll on its economy as Moscow defaulted on its international debt for the first time in a century on Monday.
Meanwhile, Russia imposed visa restrictions earlier Tuesday against first lady Jill Biden and her daughter with the president, Ashely Biden, as well as 23 other American citizens for "formulating the Russophobic policy ... which drafts recommendations concerning anti-Russia restrictions."