Brussels, Ramadan 29, 1435, July 26, 2014, SPA -- The European Union imposed sanctions against top Russian intelligence officials Saturday as two transport planes carrying 38 bodies recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived at Eindhoven airport. The new travel bans and asset freezes were issued against 15 people and 18 entities, and published in the EU's Official Journal early Saturday and go into immediate effect. Among the individuals were Mikhail Fradkov, the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, and Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), for their involvement in "shaping the policy of the Russian government threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. "The Moscow-appointed Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, was also on the list, as was Pavel Gubarev, the self-declared "people's governor" of Donetsk. --ٍSPA 21:47 LOCAL TIME 18:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w