US issues sanctions targeting Russia, takes aim at Chinese companies

FILE - This June 6, 2019, photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The United States on May 1, 2024, imposed new sanctions on hundreds of firms and people tied to Russia’s weapons development program.

The United States on Wednesday issued hundreds of fresh sanctions targeting Russia over the war in Ukraine in action that took aim at Moscow's circumvention of Western measures, including through China.