{"id":3242,"date":"2025-02-24T01:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2025-02-24T02:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:25:57","slug":"britain-threatens-largest-ever-sanctions-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/britain-threatens-largest-ever-sanctions-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain threatens \u2018largest ever\u2019 sanctions against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK foreign secretary has pledged to back Kiev in the \u201ccritical moment\u201d and said London was ready to deploy peacekeepers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The UK is preparing to introduce its \u201clargest ever\u201d<\/em> sanctions package against Russia ahead of the third anniversary of the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is also the time to turn the screws on Putin\u2019s Russia,\u201d<\/em> Lammy said in a statement on Sunday. \u201cTomorrow, I plan to announce the largest package of sanctions against Russia since the early days of the war \u2013 eroding their military machine and reducing revenues fueling the fires of destruction in Ukraine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Lammy said that the new restrictions would be unveiled in a \u201ccritical moment\u201d<\/em> for Ukraine. \u201cWe remain committed to providing \u00a33 billion ($3.78 billion) of military support a year to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible,\u201d<\/em> he said. Lammy added that, if necessary, he is \u201cready and willing\u201d<\/em> to contribute troops as part of peacekeeping forces.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Since the start of the conflict in 2022, the UK has imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Russia, targeting 1,900 individuals and organizations, as well as key industries and energy exports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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UK and France plan to send 30,000 \u2018peacekeepers\u2019 to Ukraine \u2013 WSJ<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Alluding to US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to start direct talks with Russia, Lammy reiterated that \u201cthere can be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.\u201d<\/em> UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Washington this week, reportedly to persuade Trump not to end military aid to Kiev and commit to a potential peacekeeping mission. According to The Wall Street Journal report, London and Paris agreed to send 30,000 troops on the ground in Ukraine, but the plan will face \u201ca difficult path\u201d<\/em> without Trump\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Trump has reversed the Biden administration\u2019s policy of \u201cisolating\u201d<\/em> Russia on the world stage and has angered Ukrainian and EU officials when he arranged talks with Russia without their approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On Friday, Trump claimed that Macron and Starmer \u201chaven\u2019t done anything.\u201d<\/em> He previously labeled Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky \u201ca dictator\u201d<\/em> and blamed him for starting the conflict with Russia. Trump also questioned whether Zelensky should have a seat at the table during future talks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s very important to be in meetings,\u201d<\/em> Trump said on Friday, adding that Zelensky \u201chas no cards\u201d<\/em> in the negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Russia has stated in the past that no Western sanctions would stop its troops and warned that it would treat any foreign troops without a UN peacekeeping mandate as legitimate military targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK foreign secretary has pledged to back Kiev in the \u201ccritical moment\u201d and said London was ready to deploy peacekeepers The UK is preparing to introduce its \u201clargest ever\u201d sanctions package against Russia ahead of the third anniversary of the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced. \u201cThis is also the time to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3245,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3242\/revisions\/3245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}