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Wherever you are in the United Kingdom and around the world, I wish you and your family a blessed #GoodFriday
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NEW: UK sanctions Eugene Tenenbaum & David Davidovich, two key oligarchs and long-standing associates of Roman Abramovich.
Alongside #G7 and our partners, we will keep going with sanctions until Putin fails in Ukraine. Nothing and no one is off the table
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Russian threats towards the Nordic & Baltic states are not new and only strengthen our unity.
Sweden and Finland are free to choose their future without interference - the UK will support whatever they decide. 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 🇫🇮
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Spoke to @DmytroKuleba to continue to work together to ratchet up sanctions on Putin’s regime, deliver high-grade military equipment support to Ukraine and ensure Russia are held to account for their atrocities.
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Last week we heard appalling reports that Putin is deliberately targeting civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk.
Today we are sanctioning 178 individuals who prop up these illegal breakaway regions and are complicit in atrocities against the Ukrainian people. gov.uk/government/new…
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The @OSCE Moscow Mechanism report exposes the horrific war crimes of the Putin regime. A damning indictment of Russia’s illegal and brutal war.
We will not rest until those responsible are brought to justice.
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Appalled to hear of the deaths of two @caritasukraine aid workers - a UK aid supported charity - killed by Russian forces in Mariupol. My thoughts are with their friends and family.
Targeting civilians and aid workers is a war crime. We will hold Russia and Putin to account.
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The Prime Minister has apologised and taken responsibility for what happened in Downing Street. He and the Chancellor are delivering for Britain on many fronts including on the international security crisis we face. They have my 100% backing.
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Spoke to Polish FM @RauZbigniew on coordinated support for Ukraine, including our Joint Commission to provide Ukraine with weapons & training, and UK’s support to Poland to provide shelter and education to those fleeing the conflict.
Together we are supporting Ukraine.
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Reports that Russian forces may have used chemical agents in an attack on the people of Mariupol. We are working urgently with partners to verify details.
Any use of such weapons would be a callous escalation in this conflict and we will hold Putin and his regime to account.
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Our unprecedented package of sanctions is working👇
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Just Announced: Today I have sanctioned two politicians for deliberately undermining peace in Bosnia & Herzegovina
Their behaviour threatens stability & security across the Western Balkans. They face travel bans, asset freezes & cannot benefit from the UK gov.uk/government/new…
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NEW: Additional UK lethal aid to support Ukraine against Russia’s continued illegal assault:
➡️ 120 more armoured vehicles
➡️ New anti-ship missile systems
➡️ All in addition to the £100m of high-grade military equipment announced yesterday
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NEW: Economic steps to support Ukraine as they defend their country from Russian agression:
➡️Tariff free imports to UK on all goods from 🇺🇦
➡️Extra $500m in World Bank lending taking total to almost $1bn
➡️Expedited £3.5bn UKEF support and £400m grants
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NEW: The UK has announced further military aid to Ukraine, including over 800 anti-tank missiles and air defence systems.
Russia is opening a new offensive in the east of Ukraine. The UK along with G7 partners are sending heavier weapons to ensure Ukraine prevails. 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 twitter.com/10DowningStree…
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Appalled by the horrific reports of Russian rocket attacks on civilians at Kramatorsk railway station in Eastern Ukraine.
The targeting of civilians is a war crime. We will hold Russia and Putin to account.
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NEW: Our fleet of British ambulances are on the way to Lviv to support the people of Ukraine, providing urgent care to areas in need.
We #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧 twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/stat…
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Appalled by the latest reports from Tel Aviv, where innocent people enjoying a Thursday night with friends and family were targeted by gunfire.
The UK stands with Israel and against this abhorrent violence. 🇮🇱🇬🇧
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Positive momentum at @NATO. We agreed to step up support for Ukraine as they respond to a new, more concentrated Russian offensive.
We have not just seen the shattering of European security but the shattering of global security. The entire free world must respond.
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UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council.
The barbaric actions of Putin’s regime in Ukraine and the mounting evidence of war crimes mean Russia can no longer have a seat on the @UN_HRC.
Russia is a global pariah. twitter.com/UKUN_NewYork/s…
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.@G7 is united in response to Putin’s appalling war.
Leaders and Foreign Ministers have agreed:
➡️ More sanctions to strengthen Ukraine’s hand
➡️ Condemn the atrocities in Bucha
➡️ Severe consequences for use of chemical or biological weapons
Statement:👇gov.uk/government/new…
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My message to our G7 and NATO allies today is simple. The only thing Putin understands is strength. Together with our allies we are keeping the pressure up with more sanctions, weapons and ending imports of Russian energy.
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Read my piece in @Telegraph
on how NATO must be bold. As President Eisenhower, the alliance’s first supreme commander, said: “History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/04/0…
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. MP for South West Norfolk.