Sanctions against heads of state are a measure that applies in exceptional cases.

Members of the Russian Security Council will also be subject to sanctions.

Hours earlier, the EU's Foreign Affairs Council adopted a second package of sanctions, freezing the assets of Russian President

and Foreign Minister

.

At the same time, the restrictions will not apply to travel, Radio Liberty correspondent in Brussels

The UK has also imposed personal sanctions against Putin and Lavrov.

"The world must be confident that President Putin will fail in this act of aggression," said British Prime Minister

.

The European Union has previously adopted a package of sanctions that will affect 70 percent of Russia's banking sector and major state-owned companies, including the military industry.

The EU also plans to impose a ban on oil exports and "make it impossible for Russia to improve its refineries."

In addition, the EU will ban the sale of aircraft and aircraft equipment to Russian airlines.

The sanctions package also restricts the sale of semiconductors and software to Russia.

Diplomats and businessmen from Russia will no longer be able to obtain EU visas as a matter of priority.

The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Japan have announced sectoral and financial sanctions against Russia, and the Czech Republic, Latvia and Lithuania have stopped issuing visas to Russians other than humanitarian ones.