France will call in the Russian ambassador to Paris in the coming days over an alleged cyber hacking campaign that Russia carried out against European countries including France, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday.

He added that France would also place sanctions on some Russian individuals and entities.

Today we will publicly condemn a widespread cyber campaign conducted by Russia that aimed to carry out sabotage and spying against a dozen countries, Barrot told BFM TV.

We will summon the Russian ambassador to France in the coming days, he said.

He added that France would sanction nine Russian individuals and four Russian entities regarding this campaign of cyberattacks that Barrot said Russia's Federal Security Service had orchestrated.

Similarly, Germany's foreign ministry said in a statement on X on Monday that it had summoned the Russian ambassador after European countries blamed Russia for cyber campaigns targeting them.

The ministry said cyberattacks against Germany, EU partners and Ukraine were unacceptable and would be met decisively, including with additional sanctions.

The European Union is trying to seal a 21st package of sanctions against Moscow in response to Russia's war with Ukraine and may on Monday decide to add further names to its sanctions list, the European Union's foreign policy chief said.

The French government has previously accused Moscow of conducting cyberattacks against the country.

UK targets Russian cyber networks with new sanctions

Britain on Monday announced a new package of sanctions targeting Russian cyber networks, which it blamed for trying to sow chaos and division across Europe.

Today's action targets 24 individuals and entities behind the destructive cyber and hybrid operations, including cybercriminals involved in proxy networks linked to the Russian Intelligence Services, the government said in a statement on Monday.

This includes sanctioning GRU senior leadership figures Vyacheslav Stafeyev, Ivan Senin and Ivan Kasyanenko for their role in directing GRU cyber and hybrid threat operations.