Illustrative photo – The illuminated building of the British Foreign Office in London on the eve of the United Kingdom's departure from the EU (photo taken on January 31, 2020).
London – Britain introduced additional sanctions against Russia on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among other things, it banned the export of all items used by Russia on the battlefield, the British Foreign Office announced today. The European Union is also about to impose another package of sanctions on Russia, and the tightening of the sanctions regime has been announced by Washington.
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The British Foreign Office said in a statement today that internationally coordinated sanctions and trade measures will cover aircraft parts, radio communications equipment and electronic components. The sanctions also target other Russian officials, including those connected to the state-owned Rosatom or working in the defense industry and for Russian banks.
“Military intelligence has shown that shortages of parts in Russia caused by sanctions are likely already affects their ability to produce equipment for export, such as armed vehicles, attack helicopters and air defense systems,” the ministry also said.
The introduction of further sanctions against Russia is to be discussed today by the leaders of the G7 group of the most powerful economies at a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and ambassadors of EU countries could approve the tenth package of sanctions against Russia today.
