“Russia’s oil revenues are fueling the fires of conflict and destruction in Ukraine,” Lammy stated in an announcement.
“I’ll work with our G7 companions and past to exert relentless strain on the Kremlin, disrupt the circulation of cash into its conflict chest, erode its navy machine, and constrain its malign conduct worldwide.”
The federal government stated the ships have been chargeable for transporting billions of kilos price of oil and oil merchandise prior to now 12 months alone, posing “important dangers to world commerce.”
The motion brings the overall variety of Russian oil tankers sanctioned by the U.Ok. to 73, in comparison with 39 by the U.S. and 19 by the European Union.
Lammy instructed reporters on the G7: “We’re decided to make sure that each the ships, the enablers of these ships thwarting European and U.Ok. sanctions, are damage presently and that we be sure that the makes an attempt to bypass the sanctions that we put in place beforehand and naturally to keep away from Russia utilizing its oil revenues to proceed to fund its conflict — that we bear down on these points.”
