UK sanctions 386 Russian lawmakers who supported Putin's invasion of Ukraine
March 11, 2022, 4:56 pm

UK sanctions 386 Russian lawmakers who supported Putin's invasion of Ukraine

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March 11 (Levantnews): During the latest round of UK sanctions on Russia, the government imposes travel and assets ban on 386 members of the Duma for their support for the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Earlier UK sanctions hit Russian owner of Chelsea soccer club, and also tightened ban on Russian aircraft.

The new sanctions will ban those listed from travelling to the UK, accessing assets held within the UK and doing business here, according to the UK government website.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss clarified, the sanctions target "those complicit in Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and those who support this barbaric war."

She assured that UK will continue to "tighten the screw on the Russian economy through sanctions."

Ukrainian 93rd brigade (File photo: Euromaidan Press)

Truss said that together with UK's allies, the west will continue its support to Ukraine, providing it with weapons and humanitarian aid.

This comes as Russia is escalating its assualt to take whole of Ukraine. Acording to the Euromaidan Press, Russian forces, previously standing idle outside Kyiv, are now starting to move, and several airstrikes have taken place in western Ukraine.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that about 16,000 “volunteers” are now ready to take part in the Russian war against Ukraine.

On the Ukrainian side, the army killed Russia's Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, commander of 29th Army of Eastern Military District, the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said.

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"The good news is that Major General Andrei Kolesnikov, Commander of the 29th Army of the Eastern Military District, became the KIA today," Gerashchenko wrote on Telegram on Friday.

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