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On Monday, the British government will announce new measures to ban Elite Kremlin-linked officials and oligarchs from the entry in Great Britain in a solidarity with Kyiv on the third anniversary of the Ukraine secretary.
The ministers will expand the criteria for exclusions to Great Britain in order to take into account everyone that the Russian government significantly support or have access at the highest level, the Home Office said.
People who owe the Russian state to their considerable status or prosperity are also covered by the move, added what growing concern about Kremlin-connected numbers that denounce the British values in public, and at the same time privately the advantages of the United Kingdom enjoy.
According to civil servants, the definition of those treated by the move is deliberately broad.
The British Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the move “would close the door to the oligarchs, who have enriched themselves at the expense of the Russian people, while they justified this illegal and unjustified war”.
He added: “My message to Putin’s friends in Moscow is simple: they are not welcome in Great Britain.”
His intervention took place after Sir Keir Starrer the “Eisenclad” support in Great Britain for Kyiv and repeated demands for Ukraine in the focus of all peace talks when the prime minister prepares to meet this US President Donald Trump.
The measures arise when Great Britain has prepared to unveil its greatest decline in sanctions against Russia since the early days of the war that are likely to match a significant EU package.
The British Foreign Minister David Lammy said the steps aimed at “turning the screws on Vladimir Putin’s Russia” in order to undermine his military machine and reduce the income that “promote the destruction fires in Ukraine”.
The fresh names, expected In order to target aluminum and oil exports, the fears in the European capitals will grow that the US President could reduce sanctions against Moscow as part of a peace agreement that was conveyed without European participation.
On Sunday, Starer of Scottish Labor Conference in Glasgow said that Great Britain “will not be released by threats or tyranny”, warned that “we cannot adhere to the comfort of the past” in a strange reference to the support of the USA.
Europe has to “do more” to defend itself and “to take responsibility for our security,” said the Prime Minister.
The day before, Starrer spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and repeated “British iron support for Ukraine” and his commitment to “secure a fair and permanent peace to put an end to the illegal war of Russia,” said Downing Street.
Starer is preparing to conduct discussions about the future of Ukraine with Trump in the White House on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron will also be for similar conversations in Washington on Monday.
European leaders pursue diplomacy in the middle of ratchet tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy. Many fear that the United States will make a deal with Russia that crushes Ukraine and violates the long -term security of the region.
To prevent this, Macron plans to argue that it is the wrong approach to plunge into an armistice that favored Russia and instead argues for a comprehensive peace agreement with specific, long -term security guarantees for Ukraine.
It is expected that Macron and Starmer try to convince Trump that the sovereignty of Ukraine will decide the future Russian aggression of Ukraine, said Beamte.
He and Starrer spoke on Sunday and promised to “show United Leadership to support Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression” and agree to stay in close contact, according to number 10. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The relationships between Trump and Zelenskyy quickly deteriorated when the US President called his Ukrainian counterpart a “dictator” after Zelenskyy said, Trump lived in a disinformation bubble in response to his earlier claim that Kyiv “started” the war with Moscow .
According to western officials, Great Britain and France have started to outline Suggestions For a “reassurance” that would rely on the western air support supported by the USA to enforce any ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and prevent potential Russian aggression. A troop use is also discussed.
Starer was clear that a “US -Backstop” would be of crucial importance for such a plan, which means that the United States would continue to offer important skills that European armies did not have, such as rocket defense, technological and logistical support.
