Liz Truss announces ratcheting up of UK sanctions on Russia

Our latest wave of measures will bring an end to the UK's imports of Russian energy, and decimate Putin's war machine,' said UK's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

- ANTONIA FILMER LONDON

As UK armed forces remembered the Falkland Islands Conflict in 1982, UNGA suspended Russia from the UNHCR on a US resolution for gross and systemic violations and abuses of human rights in Ukraine by Russian troops; the Russian Federation declared it had withdrawn before its membership term had expired. As each side competes for victory, Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Secretary of Ukraine, appealed on Thursday for more weapons that he stressed were needed within days. Ben Wallace UK Defence Secretary discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov, the supply of further operational and lethal support. It is understood Ukraine has requested tanks, armoured vehicles, aircraft, air defence systems, long-range artillery, and anti-ship missiles, the latter to defend Odessa.