The UK and its G7 allies are expected to announce new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday. This was reported by Sky News, citing a statement from the British government.
“I want to work with all our G7 partners to limit Russia’s energy revenues and reduce the funds it can invest in its illegal war,” the government quoted Prime Minister Keir Starmer as saying.
The UK has already imposed sanctions on more than 2,300 individuals, organizations, and ships as part of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Starmer is expected to deliver a speech in which he will argue that “Russia does not hold all the cards” and call on allies to “seize this moment to increase economic pressure and show Putin that it is in his interest—and in Russia’s interest—to demonstrate that he is serious about peace.”
This statement comes as world leaders plan further sanctions on Moscow at the G7 summit in Canada, while Russian troops poured heavy bombardment and shelling on Ukrainian cities overnight, killing and injuring over 100 people.
In this context, democratic leaders see that sanction pressure and military aid to Ukraine are the only effective methods against Russian aggression.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he still believes the US could support tougher sanctions against Russia, despite Donald Trump’s earlier suggestions to the contrary.
US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he would not impose further sanctions on Russia because Europeans should “do it first” and “sanctions cost us a lot of money.”
Trump then left the meeting in Cananaskis a day early, meaning he will miss Tuesday’s planned G7 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
