Ukraine Crisis: UK PM Johnson Embarks On European Tour

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday left for a tour of Poland and Estonia, Britain바카라�s European allies neighbouring Ukraine which is fighting a bloody conflict with Russia. In Poland, Johnson has a meeting with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to 바카라�underpin바카라� the UK바카라�s financial and diplomatic support for central Europe as it faces the prospect of a humanitarian crisis. He then travels on to Estonia, where he will join NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to meet British troops on the frontline of the Russian invasion in Tapa. 바카라�Today I will visit Poland and Estonia, two countries that are acutely affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. We have shared values that are more important than ever to protect, as the humanitarian situation gets worse,바카라� the UK PM said. 바카라�Alongside all our international allies the UK will continue to bring maximum pressure to bear on (Russian President Vladimir) Putin바카라�s regime to ensure he feels the consequences of his actions in Ukraine. We speak with one voice when we say, Putin must fail,바카라� he said.

 
Johnson is also due to meet Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Estonian President Alar Karis to discuss European security and stability. His visit comes as UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss outlined further tough sanctions against Russia in the House of Commons on Monday. 바카라�We will continue working through our hit list of oligarchs, focusing on their houses, their yachts, and every aspect of their lives,바카라� Truss told parliamentarians. 바카라�More legislation will follow in coming weeks to sanction Russian-occupied territories in the Donbas, extending more sanctions to Belarus, and limiting Russian deposits in UK banks,바카라� she said. The minister confirmed two new pieces of sanctions legislation as the UK keeps 바카라�ratcheting up바카라� actions aimed at introducing a set of new powers against Russia바카라�s financial sector. It includes powers to prevent Russian banks from clearing payments in Pound Sterling. Truss told Parliament that with over 50 per cent of Russian trade denominated in Dollars or Sterling, the coordinated action with the United States will 바카라�damage바카라� Russia바카라�s ability to trade with the world. 바카라�And as soon as this legislation comes into force we will apply it to Sberbank 바카라� Russia바카라�s largest bank. I will also be imposing a full asset freeze on three further banks, VEB 바카라� Russia바카라�s national development bank, SovComBank the third largest privately owned financial institution in Russia, and Otkritie, one of Russia바카라�s largest commercial banks,바카라� said Truss. 바카라�We will bring in a full asset freeze on all Russian banks in days, looking to coordinate with our allies. This same legislation will prevent the Russian state from raising debt here. And it will isolate all Russian companies 바카라� that바카라�s over 3 million businesses 바카라� from accessing UK capital markets,바카라� she added. The target is for Russian global giants like Gazprom no longer being able to issue debt or equity in London. Another piece of UK legislation will ban exports to Russia across a range of critical sectors, with impacted British businesses being offered support by the Department for International Trade (DIT).

On Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Truss is set to travel to Geneva to speak at the United Nations Human Rights Council, where she is expected to accuse the Kremlin of breaching human rights on an industrial scale, paving the way for a UN resolution which could go as far as expelling Russia from the Security Council. It comes after Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov blamed "unacceptable" remarks about possible "clashes" between NATO 바카라� the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation military alliance 바카라� and Moscow, including by "the British foreign minister" for putting its nuclear forces on high alert. The UK has categorised the heightened nuclear alert as an attempt by the Kremlin to "distract" from what was "going wrong" with its assault on Ukraine. 

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