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U.S., UK to deepen cooperation on Russia, on other targets -statement
The United States and Britain will further their cooperation on sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine as well as on other targets, top financial officials for the two allied nations said in a joint statement on Monday (Oct 17).
"Over time, we expect to realize the benefits of our collaboration not only in relation to the sanctions imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but also across other common sanctions regimes," Andrea Gacki, the head of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Giles Thomson, the head of Britain's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, wrote.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said Russian forces had launched a new wave of drone attacks, adding that some of the unmanned aerial vehicles had been shot down.
Russia fired dozens of drones at a number of cities during morning rush hour on Monday, killing at least four people in a Kyiv apartment building.
"The world can and must stop this terror. When we talk about Ukraine's need for air and missile defense, we are talking about real lives that are being taken by terrorists," he said.
Russia hits Ukrainian capital Kyiv with kamikaze drones
"This is not only in Ukraine's interest. The smaller Russia's terrorist capabilities are, the faster this war will end."
The State Department said on Monday as Ukraine confronted waves of suicide drone attacks from Russia, Iran's sale of military UAVs to Russia violates existing UN Security Council prohibitions.
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