The U.S. on Thursday announced new sanctions on five North Korea-linked entities and individuals following North Korea’s Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. 

Sanctioned entities and individuals include Russia’s Ardis Group of Companies LLC., PFK Profpodshipnik LLC and national Igor Aleksandrovich Michurin, as well as DPRK entity Second Academy of Natural Science Foreign Affairs Bureau and North Korea national Ri Sung Chol.

The three North Korean and Russian entities and two DPRK and Russian nationals were sanctioned for “transferring sensitive items” related to North Korea’s missile program, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price, who cited the Iran, North