UK sanctions Russian spies for ‘malicious cyber activity’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a number of Russian spys were approved for conducting a “continuous malicious cyber activity campaign”, including the United Kingdom.
Three military intelligence units and 18 officers from Russia’s Gruce Spy Agency, “chaos and irregularity allegedly made sanctions on them. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s orders “.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy associated Britain’s continuous support to Ukraine and said that Gru Spies carried out a campaign to “destabilize Europe.”
Separately, the European Union has placed its “most powerful sanctions” in Russia, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called “basic and timely”.
The latest EU measures announced on Friday include the prohibition of transactions related to the Nord Stream Natural Gas Pipeline and the reduction of a limit on the price at which Russian oil could be purchased.
England joined the price of the price limit and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Europe’s “Kremlin’s war on the chest of the war” said.
The European Allies come because they hope to increase the pressure on Russia to end the three -year war in Ukraine.
However, Putin’s close ally, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, said the nation economy would get rid of the sanctions and that Moscow would continue to hit Ukraine with “increasing power”.
EU sanctions, Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, the 18th round of such measures.
The United Kingdom Foreign Ministry said that one of the intelligence units approved by the Units of the – 26165 unit – the theater of the city of Ukraine, including a strike that killed hundreds of civilians, said that Mariupol was in targeting.
In addition, his father with suspicious Russian agents in Salisbury by nervous agent Novichok Yulia Skripal’ın targeted with the spy software on the phone of the intelligence officers, he said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that Russia targets British media organizations, telecom companies, energy infrastructure and political institutions.
“The Kremlin must be undoubtedly: we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and we will not tolerate it,” Lammy said In a statement. “Putin’s hybrid threats and aggression will never break our determination.”
People or assets imposed may face a number of restrictions, including freezing of financial assets.
European leaders also want the US to put more pressure on Russia.
At the beginning of this week, Donald Trump threatened Russia with serious tariffs If a peace agreement has not been reached within 50 days. He went to US President Putin and became more impatient.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced sanctions to three leaders of the “African initiative”, a social media campaign, which was established by Russia to carry out disinformation operations in West Africa, that it was financed and employed.
Russia has previously rejected any participation in its efforts to intervene in the democratic systems of the countries or try to sabotage their economies.
