UK Sanctions Pro-Russian Separatist Leaders in Eastern Ukraine

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meeting with European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic for talks in London on Feb. 11, 2022. Rob Pinney/PA

The UK government, in coordination with the European Union, has sanctioned 178 individuals linked to pro-Russian separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine.

The UK Foreign Office said the new sanctions are intended to target “those who prop up Russian-backed illegal breakaway regions of Ukraine.”