The UK will announce additional sanctions against Russia, as well as “expand training” of Ukraine Armed Force personnel to “marines and fighter jet pilots”, Downing Street has announced. No 10 will look to cripple the “Kremlin’s war machine” by targeting companies and individuals that helped Vladimir Putin “build his personal wealth machine” and continued to profit from the invasion, they said.
It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky is set to touch down in the UK for a secret visit, marking only the second time he is known to have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion last February.
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