\u201cI plan to announce largest package of sanctions against Russia since early days of war,\u201d says Lammy
\n LONDON
\nThe United Kingdom will introduce its most severe sanctions against Russia on Monday, aiming to cripple Moscow\u2019s war efforts in Ukraine as the conflict enters its third year, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has confirmed.
\n\u201cThis is also the time to turn the screws on (Vladimir) Putin\u2019s Russia,\u201d Lammy said in a statement.
\n\u201cTomorrow, I plan to announce the largest package of sanctions against Russia since the early days of the war \u2014 eroding their military machine and reducing revenues fuelling the fires of destruction in Ukraine,\u201d he added.
\nUK\u2019s decision to ramp up sanctions comes as US President Donald Trump has in recent weeks sought to sideline Kyiv and its European backers from talks with Russia on the future of the conflict.
\n\u201cThis is a critical moment in the history of Ukraine, Britain and all of Europe… Now is the time for Europe to double down on our support for Ukraine,\u201d said Lammy.
\nLondon has already imposed sanctions on 1,900 people and organisations with link\u2019s to Putin\u2019s government since the start of the war, as of January 2025.
\nIts sanctions target the Russian financial, aviation, military and energy sectors, including through bank asset freezes, travel bans, and trade restrictions.
\nEU countries last week agreed a new round of sanctions which includes a ban on imports of Russian aluminium set to be formally adopted on Monday.
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\nIn his statement, Lammy reiterated UK\u2019s military backing, which includes a pledge to provide \u00c2\u00a33 billion ($3.78 billion) annually to Kyiv and \u201cbeing ready and willing to provide UK troops as part of peacekeeping forces if necessary\u201d.
\n\u201cOff the battlefield, we will work with the US and European partners to achieve a sustainable, just peace, and in doing so, remaining clear that there can be nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,\u201d Lammy added.
\nOn Saturday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held separate phone calls with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, repeating a similar message to Lammy\u2019s.
\nStarmer is headed to Washington to meet Trump on Thursday, hoping to act as a \u201cbridge\u201d between the US and Europe to ensure territorial and security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a deal to end the war.
\nThe task looks increasingly challenging following a public spat in the last week between Zelensky and Trump, who called the Ukrainian leader a \u201cdictator\u201d and hailed \u201cgood talks\u201d with Russia.
\nTrump also accused Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron of doing nothing to end the war in a Fox News interview on Friday.
\nEuropean countries fear that if Ukraine is forced into a bad deal by Washington then that will leave Putin claiming victory and the continent at the mercy of an emboldened Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI plan to announce largest package of sanctions against Russia since early days of war,\u201d says Lammy LONDON The United Kingdom will introduce its most severe sanctions against Russia on Monday, aiming to cripple Moscow\u2019s war efforts in Ukraine as the conflict enters its third year, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has confirmed. \u201cThis is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-463382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n