UK AND USA IMPOSE WIDE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA – MARKING ONE YEAR OF UKRAINE INVASION

THE UK government has marked the anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by announcing a wide-ranging export ban it says will cover “every item Ukraine has found Russia using on the battlefield to date”. While London has yet to release the formal list of such products, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the widened ban “included...hundreds of goods are aircraft parts, radio equipment, and electronic components that can be used by the Russian military industrial complex, including in the production of UAVs [drones].” A UK government ...


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