UK to announce largest sanctions package against Russia

23.02.2025 11:15

Ukrinform

The United Kingdom will unveil a significant package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, which marks three years since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

According to Ukrinform, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced this on Sunday, as reported by Barron's citing AFP.

"This is also the time to turn the screws on Putin's Russia. Tomorrow, I plan to announce the largest package of sanctions against Russia since the early days of the war," Lammy said in a statement.

As reported by Ukrinform, on February 14, the UK government imposed new sanctions on three Russian individuals and two legal entities.

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The sanctions list included Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Pavel Fradkov, son of former Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika – Artem Chaika, Director of Russia’s Federal Service for Technical and Export Control Vladimir Selin, as well as the Kirov-Energomash plant and the Rosatom Additive Technologies company.