The decided to impose the largest package of “targeted” sanctions on her ghost fleet, from about 30 ships, Foreign Minister David Lami said today (25.11.2024). The British diplomat invited the allies to the Team of Seven (G7) to stand by, and equip Ukraine as long as it takes, to be able to defend itself this winter against Russia’s attacks. Lami said before a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy that he is confident that Kiev will secure “capitals and military equipment to cope with in 2025”. He told reporters that the latest round of measures against Moscow represents the “largest” package of sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet, ships Britain says are trying to avoid Western sanctions on Russian oil. “We are determined to ensure that ships and those who allow these ships to avoid European and British sanctions will be hurt this time,” he said. Britain’s estimate is that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not show “no signs that he wants to negotiate” to end his war with Ukraine, he added. When publishing the details of the sanctions, Britain said that the ships targeted carried oil and petroleum products worth billions of pounds last year, and that the new measures would increase the number of tankers under British sanctions to 73. Britain also stated that two Russian insurance companies, AlfaStrakhovanie and VSK, are also facing sanctions and will continue to check ship insurance certificates when they arrive from the British territorial waters. The Russians captured a British mercenaries David Lami also said that the UK would offer “all possible support” to a British arrested by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine. “We will do everything we can to give this British citizen all possible support,” he said. Video broadcast last weekend by pro-Russian groups shows a foreign fighter who has been arrested, handcuffed who says his name is James Anderson. The captured mercenary was formerly a senior soldier in the British Army. — Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) He explains that he joined the Ukrainian forces after being fired from the British army. Arrested in the Russian district of Kursk. The authenticity of the video cannot be confirmed by an independent source. In an interview with Daily Mail, James Anderson’s father spoke of “shock” when he saw the video. “ I immediately saw it was him, ” said Scott Anderson. “He seems scared and worried”. He expressed hope that his son will be exchanged and not subjected to torture: “My son told me that they are torturing the prisoners and I fear they will torture him,” he said. What the prisoner’s family said Scott Anderson said had tried, without result, along with other family members, to prevent his 22-year-old son from going to Ukraine. “He thought what he did was the right thing,” he said. The father explained how he contacted his son “almost every day” until he started his last business. He was acting as a transporter, he said. The British government warns that British nationals who leave to fight in Ukraine can be “scared” from justice on their return to the UK. “British nationals who fought in Ukraine were killed or arrested,” stresses Forain Serpent on his website. “British nationals doing humanitarian work have also been arrested by the Russian authorities. The risk of death or abuse is increased,” he warns. “The British Government’s ability to offer you support in these circumstances is very limited,” he says. Netanyahu’s arrest warrant Britain will follow the legal path if Benjamin Netanyahu visits the United Kingdom, Foreign Minister David Lami said, answering a question whether London will execute the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against the Israeli Prime Minister. “We have signed the Rome Statute [the International Criminal Court], we are always committed to our obligations under international law and international humanitarian law,” Lamy told reporters. “Surely, if such a visit were made to the UK there would be a judicial process and legal procedure would follow in relation to these issues”.
Britain: Penalties Russia’s Ghost Fleet – ‘ Target’ Tens of Oil Ships
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