JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has sanctioned the head of a Roscosmos subsidiary developing a synthetic aperture radar satellite system for the Russian military. The sanctions are part of what the bloc says is a broader effort to target Russia’s military space sector over its support for the war in Ukraine.

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Andrew Parsonson is based in Valetta, Malta, and has been covering the space industry since 2017.