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The UK has unveiled the biggest Russia sanctions package for 18 months in a signal of support for Ukraine.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced 56 new measures, targeting industrial suppliers and mercenary groups operating in Africa.
The move comes amid global anxiety about whether Donald Trump will cut backing for Kyiv‘s resistance to Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
The list of sanctions includes 28 suppliers of machine tools, microelectronics, components for drones and other goods that could be useful to Russian forces.
Most are based in China and Kazakhstan.
More than 20 individuals also face restrictions for benefiting from the invasion, on grounds including supporting the supply of kit to the military and links to mercenary groups.
They include…
