Boris Johnson calls Putin a dictator and announces massive Western sanctions against Russia

Boris Johnson calls Putin a dictator and announces massive Western sanctions against Russia

“We will do everything we can in the days ahead,” Johnson said of additional support Britain would provide Ukraine, adding that “today, in concert with our allies, we will agree to a massive package of economic sanctions designed in time to hamper the Russian economy”.

On the other hand, yesterday it was announced that the United Kingdom will send more weapons to Ukraine for its defense and in response to the imminent threat of a possible invasion on a large scale by the Ukrainian president.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitri Kuleba, announced the day before that he asked the United States and the United Kingdom to provide arms support to the country, despite the fact that Great Britain had previously sent anti-tank weapons to the army.

Also speaking before Parliament, the official said: “In light of Russia’s increasingly threatening behaviour, and in line with our earlier support, the UK will shortly provide an additional package of military support to Ukraine“.

Meanwhile, the government made sanctions against five Russian banks (Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank, Black Sea Bank). “Yesterday we announced measures that put banks worth £37bn under sanctionsin addition to more oligarchs to come,” added the official.

In this way, the “horrendous events in Ukraine” were condemned. Furthermore, he argued that Putin “chose the path of bloodshed and destruction by launching an unprovoked attack.”

Source: Ambito

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