Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s ‘war chest, propagandists and torturers’ targeted by new UK sanctions
The United Kingdom has announced 31 new sanctions targeting Russian people and businesses involved in Kremlin disinformation, human rights abuses and raising money for Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said the measures target “LNG shadow fleet vessels, Kremlin disinformation networks and perpetrators of civilian torture and child indoctrination”.
The Foreign Office said that the UK was taking the actions following “sham elections” in the occupied Ukrainian territories earlier this month.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday Russia sent a letter to Nato threatening to use nuclear weapons if it feels its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad is under threat.
Despite a growing campaign of Russian hybrid attacks on Ukraine’s European neighbours and allies, Moscow said it was Nato exhibiting “dangerous and reckless” behaviour that entailed “high risks of the outbreak of a direct armed conflict”.
The letter said Russia “will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal, including nuclear weapons, in order to defend its territory”.
