U.S. imposes targeted sanctions on Myanmar military elites U.S. President Joe Biden called for the coup to be reversed, and the release of civilian leaders including Myanmar's political icon, Aung San Suu Kyi. The sanctions put in place by the U.S. specifically target military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests and close family members, as well as officials connected with the military (Tatmadaw), according to The sanctions are not comprehensive countrywide sanctions nor do they appear to be the same old sanctions programme imposed on Myanmar in the past, which had severely crippled the Myanmar economy, impacting the civilian population greatly.