Ed Miliband, the UK Foreign Secretary, visited the site of a Russian missile strike in Pryluky, Ukraine, where 22 civilians were killed, including five children. During his visit, Miliband announced new British sanctions targeting Russian oil companies and shadow fleet vessels, among others, totalling over 600 sanctioned entities to date. He also condemned Russia's President Vladimir Putin for the attack, calling it an "evil strategy."
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On October 7, during Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday, Russia launched a "massive strike" on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions. The attack killed at least 15 civilians, including three children, and injured over 40 people across 13 locations. In Kyiv alone, two individuals died due to fires caused by the overnight missile strikes. President Volodymyr Zelensky had warned of impending attacks on Tuesday, emphasizing Russia's targeting of energy infrastructure and civilian sites like residential buildings and bridges connecting Kyiv over the Dnipro River. The Ukrainian air force reported that Russia used 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles, and additional ballistic missiles in the assault. Despite Ukraine’s efforts to intercept these weapons, including deploying US-made Patriot systems, it struggled against Russia's newer jet-powered drone technology.
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Ed Miliband embraced Ukrainians at the scene of a deadly Russian strike today, as Britain announced new sanctions on the Kremlin.
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The crackdown was announced as the Foreign Secretary and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the site of a Russian missile strike on a five-storey residential building in Pryluky in the Chernihiv region, which killed 22 civilians.
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UK sanctions now cover more than 90 per cent of Russia's total oil production capacity.
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Britain is also sanctioning a further 12 oil tankers operating as part of Russia's shadow fleet, bringing the total number of sanctioned vessels to more than 600.
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The Government has also announced sanctions on three crypto exchanges and two payment platforms, including three linked to Kyrgyzstan and one linked individual.
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These entities are suspected of being used by Russia to dodge financial sanctions.
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Finally, the package includes 17 entities and individuals involved in the supply of goods deemed by the UK, US and EU to be vital for Russia's continued war effort, including Russia-based importers of machine tools, electronics and materials critical to the production of Russia's ballistic missile and drone capabilities.
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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband embraced a local resident during a visit to the site of a Russian missile strike which hit a residential area in Pryluky, northern Ukraine
Mr Miliband and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky spoke to media during their visit to the site of a Russian missile strike
Speaking alongside Mr Zelensky in Pryluky, Mr Miliband said: 'I'm here to say we are not just going to say words of support, we are going to offer deeds of support as well.
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So today, we are announcing more sanctions on Russia, on the war machine of Putin, on the shadow fleet, on the oil companies, on the crypto, on the financing of the war.
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We are here to announce more humanitarian support, we are here to announce more support for energy.
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'And I believe I speak on behalf of the British people that we stand with you, Mr President.
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We stand with you as we have stood with you since 2022 and indeed since 2014.
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We stand with you in this conflict.
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And we are going to be with you as long as it takes.'
The Foreign Secretary also condemned the 'appalling atrocity' of the killing of civilians, and branded Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy 'evil'.
He said: 'When we come to the site of this appalling atrocity, the killing of civilians, 22 civilians, five children, babies, there can be no clearer sign of Putin's evil intent and evil strategy in this conflict.
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A rescuer conducted search and rescue operations at the site of a Russian air strike on a multi-storey residential building in Pryluky
Locals and rescuers cleared the rubble of a residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike on Wednesday
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Because I heard from the governor that the vast, vast majority of people killed in this region, affected in this region, are civilians, the buildings targeted are civilian.
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And we know what international law says about this, that when you target civilians, it is war crimes, and that is the evidence that I see here.
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Now, Putin once said that he was going to win on the battlefield.
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He's trying to win by terrorising civilians.
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I do not believe he will succeed, I do not believe he will win because the courage of your people and because I am here to say on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom: we will be with you as long as it takes for you to prevail in this conflict.'
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It comes after at least 33 people were killed in Ukraine after Russia struck two passenger buses.
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Dozens more were injured on Thursday morning after the vehicles were hit with a glide bomb in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, national police said.
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Images showed bodies and debris strewn across a road in front of the burning metal shell of a bus.
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The City Council said it was 'yet another horrific crime committed by the Russian army against the civilian population'.
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