Live news updates: US will announce new sanctions against Russia this week, says Sullivan
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (R) and Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba give a press statement at the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland on April 4, 2022. © REUTERS
Britain’s foreign secretary said there was “nothing to talk about” for Britain as Western politicians prepared more sanctions against Russia following reports of atrocities by British forces in the town. Bucha of Ukraine.
“We need to announce a tough new wave of sanctions. The reality is that money is still flowing from the West into Putin’s war machine, and that has to stop,” Liz Truss said at a press conference with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, in Warsaw.
“I will work with our partners to go further. . . ban Russian ships from our ports, crack down on Russian banks, and pursue new industries that fill Putin’s war stock, like gold, and agree a clear timetable for eliminating abandon our imports of Russian oil, gas and coal”.
Truss said it was “very clear” that “war crimes” were committed in Ukraine, but said it was up to the courts to determine whether genocide had occurred. produced by politicians such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russia “unequivocally denies all accusations” that its forces have killed civilians en masse in Bucha, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Kuleba said “half measures are not enough anymore” and called on the West to implement “the most severe sanctions against Russia this week”.
“This is not a request from Ukraine’s foreign minister. This is a plea from the victims of rape, torture and murder, their loved ones and the entire Ukraine nation,” he said.
“I have heard thousands of arguments about why this or that sanctions cannot be imposed against Russia. It’s time to put aside all hesitation, reluctance, and wise business arguments, and think about human suffering, and the need to stop the Russian war machine.”
