A 'hit list' of Russian oligarchs to be targeted by sanctions is being drawn up
Speaking during a visit to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on Saturday, Boris Johnson said the UK was sending humanitarian, military and financial supplies to Ukraine. He added that 1,000 troops were being sent to the region to help with the influx of refugees and he said the government would "of course help people fleeing for their lives".
"Things are not going all the way of President Putin. Very far from it, the Ukrainians are fighting heroically, and in some places with great success," Mr Johnson said. Mr Johnson said some "terrible atrocities" were being committed and there would be some "very grim days ahead for Ukraine". He added Europe had to face the "hideous reality" that previous attempts at diplomacy with Mr Putin were "a charade".People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds near an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kyiv on Saturday During a call with Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday evening, Mr Johnson paid tribute to the "incredible heroism and bravery" of the Ukrainian president and his people, Downing Street said. They expressed concern for the role Belarus was playing in the violence and agreed on the need for "the international community to isolate Russia completely diplomatically and financially". In a tweet Mr Zelensky said he was grateful to Mr Johnson and said they had agreed on further steps to "counter the aggressor".So far, sanctions have included freezing the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, as well as halting Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Liz Truss announced that the Foreign Office is preparing a "hit list" of Russian oligarchs to be targeted by sanctions in the coming months, with new names added every few weeks.: "We have to make it deeply painful for the oligarchs that support the Putin regime. There are over 100 Russian billionaires. "Nothing is off the table in terms of who or what we are targeting. We are very clear about that - we are very prepared to do what it takes."
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