The British government will amend legislation this week to make it easier to impose sanctions on Russian interests in the event that Moscow launches an attack on Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday.
Truss explained in an interview with Sky News that current laws allow the executive branch only to impose sanctions on individuals and companies “directly involved in the destabilization of Ukraine.”
The changes would allow London to sanction any person or company deemed to be of “Kremlin interest”.
Truss, who has called for a move toward a diplomatic solution to tensions in Eastern Europe, is due to visit Ukraine this week and plans to travel to Moscow the following week.
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The British government announced on Saturday night that it will propose to NATO this week to increase the British contribution to the mission in Eastern Europe. Truss made it clear today that his plans are to increase his forces in Estonia, where the UK has around 900 troops.
Truss has also been a supporter of paralyzing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which connects Russia with Germany, in the event Moscow orders an invasion of Ukraine.
The minister emphasized that she was not ruling out “absolutely nothing” in the UK’s efforts to support Ukraine, although she acknowledged it was “unlikely” to send troops on the ground.
He stressed that London had helped train more than 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers, sent anti-tank missiles and other “defensive weapons” to Kiev, cooperated with the Ukrainian Navy, and took steps for Ukraine to move toward “energy independence.”
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