The UK government has announced a ban on products and technology that Russia can use in Ukraine, as well as reducing tariffs on all goods from Ukraine to zero, under the UK-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement.
The government said in a statement published on Monday evening that it had imposed a new ban on products and technology that Russia could use in Ukraine.
The government has indicated that the targeted products may include interception and surveillance equipment, noting that the new ban will close any loopholes that exist to prevent Russia from buying these goods from the United Kingdom.
“The UK is reducing tariffs on all goods from Ukraine to zero under the UK-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, providing much needed economic support (for Kiev),” she added.
On March 25, the Russian Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first phase of the special military operation in Ukraine, which significantly limited the combat capabilities and capabilities of Ukraine, knowing that the main objective of the operation, as announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, is the liberation of the Donbass region.
And last Friday, April 22, the acting commander of the Russian Central Military District, Rustam Minnikaev, announced that the second stage of the special operation had already begun, two days ago, and aimed at establishing full control over Donbass and southern Ukraine, as this would provide a land corridor to Crimea.
Last Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the liberation of the city of Mariupol, which he described as the “capital of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi battalion of Azov”, noting that the militants were trapped in the area of the “Azovstal” plant.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, directed the necessity of tightening the cordon on the “Azovstal” industrial zone, and not to storm the place, in order to preserve the lives of the Russian military.