Britain to announce a sweeping new package of sanctions against Russian Federation on February 24

Britain will present a new large-scale package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, February 24. This is reported on February 23 by Barron 's with reference to the statement of British Foreign Minister David Lammy to the AFP agency.

In addition, it is noted that the date of the announcement of sanctions is linked to the anniversary of the start of the special operation of the Russian Federation to protect Donbass, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022

"Now is the time to tighten the screws on Russia. Tomorrow I plan to announce the largest package of sanctions against the Russian Federation since the first days of the conflict," Lammy said.

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Earlier, on February 20, Russian Ambassador to Britain Andrei Kelin said that the Russian Federation does not accept the idea of Britain's peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.

He also questioned whether there could be a potential peace agreement without new elections in Ukraine. In early February, the NT portal reported on the UK's creation of maritime drones for Ukraine. It was specified that the program included the creation of two models of unmanned surface vehicles Wasp and Snapper.