By GB News (World News) | Created at 2024-11-07 09:52:59 | Updated at 2024-11-07 13:04:19
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Britain has announced a new set of sanctions against Russia in an attempt to "strike at the heart of Putin's war machine."
Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced 56 new measures, targeting industrial suppliers and mercenary groups operating in Africa in an attempt to shore up support for Ukraine.
More than 20 individuals also face restrictions for benefiting from the invasion, on grounds including supporting the supply of kit to the military and links to mercenary groups.
One of those sanctioned is Salisbury poisoning suspect Denis Sergeev.
David Lammy said it would push back against Putin's 'corrosive foreign policy'
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Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "Today’s measures will continue to push back on the Kremlin’s corrosive foreign policy, undermining Russia’s attempts to foster instability across Africa and disrupting the supply of vital equipment for Putin’s war machine. And smashing the illicit international networks that Russia has worked so hard to forge.
"Putin is nearly 1,000 days into a war he thought would only take a few. He will fail and I will continue to bear down on the Kremlin and support the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom.
"Today’s sanctions further build on the UK’s mission to combat Russian malign activity globally.
"Over the last month the UK has directly targeted Russia’s illicit shadow fleet, condemned the abhorrent use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, cracked down on malicious Russian cyber gangs and sanctioned the Kremlin’s mouthpieces who recklessly spread Putin’s lies across the world."
Ukraine's President Volodimir Zelensky
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