In a written statement made by the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Spokesman John Kirby, it was reported that Austin had spoken to his Russian counterpart Shoigu on the phone for the first time since February 18.
FIRST MEETING SINCE 18 FEBRUARY
In the statement, “Minister Lloyd Austin met with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu for the first time since February 18, on May 13. Minister Austin called (to Russia) an emergency ceasefire in Ukraine and drew attention to the importance of keeping communication channels open. ” statements were included.
Russia’s attacks on Ukraine started on February 24, and in the war that has been going on since then, the USA and European countries have taken many sanctions against Moscow.
SANCTIONS FROM ENGLAND TO PUTIN’S CLOSE PERIOD
On the other hand, the British government announced that new sanctions were taken against Russia today due to its attacks in Ukraine. Britain’s latest sanctions have targeted Putin’s financial network, including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ex-wife and cousins. “Today’s sanctions are increasing the pressure on Putin, who continues his senseless invasion of Ukraine, while isolating family members and financiers in Putin’s inner circle,” the British Foreign Office said in a statement.
‘WE WILL CONTINUE SANCTIONS’
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement: “We expose and target the shadowy network in Putin’s inner circle that supports his luxurious life. Until Ukraine is victorious, we will continue to impose sanctions on anyone who aids and abets Putin’s aggression.”
It was stated that among those who were sanctioned were Putin’s ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, Putin’s cousins Igor Putin, Roman Putin, Mikhail Shelomov and his relative Mikhail Putin. Also among those who were sanctioned were Alina Kabaeva, Chairman of the National Media Group, a private Russian media company with alleged close ties to Putin, and her grandmother Anna Zatseplina, close friends of Putin Alexander Plekhov and Mikhail Klishin, Vladimir Kolbin, Viktor Khmarin, It was stated that Yuri Shamalov was involved. The UK government imposes an asset freeze and travel ban on people it has sanctioned within the framework of sanctions against Russia.
On the other hand, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that since Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, the Russian oligarchs, whose net global value is over 117 billion pounds in total, have been targeted and that more than a thousand people and 100 institutions have been sanctioned.
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