The Foreign Office has stated that several Russian spies have been approved to conduct a “continuous campaign of malicious cyber activity” in the UK.
Three military intelligence units and 18 officials from Russia’s GRU detective agency have allegedly imposed ban on “chaos and chaos and disorders. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s order “.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lemi added activity to Ukraine’s constant support for UK, and said GRU detectives were “running a campaign to destabilize Europe”.
Separate, the European Union has so far placed its “strongest sanctions” on Russia, which Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky called “necessary and time”.
Measures of the latest European Union declared on Friday included a ban on transactions related to Nord Stream Natural Gas Pipeline and reduce a hat at the price at which Russian oil could be purchased.
Britain joined the move to reduce the price cap, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Europe “was changing the screw on the war chest of the Kremlin”.
They come as European colleagues, hopefully raising pressure on Russia to end a three -year -long war in Ukraine.
But former Russian President Dimitri Medvedev, a close aide of Putin, said that his country’s economy would avoid sanctions and Moscow would continue Ukraine “with increasing force”.
The European Union’s sanctions are the 18th round of such measures as the entire -scale invasion in Russia’s Ukraine began in 2022.
It aims to reduce Moscow’s ability to finance its war on Ukraine – some Western sanctions have so far failed to receive, as Russia has increased its oil exports to China and India and operates the so -called shade fleet of oil tankers worldwide.
The UK’s Foreign Office stated that one of the intelligence units had approved it – Unit 26165 – involved in targeting Maripol, including a strike, including the theater of the Ukrainian city, hitting hundreds of civilians, killing hundreds of citizens.
It also said that it also took measures on intelligence officials, who had placed spyware on Yulia Screple’s phone, along with her father, along with nerve agent Novichok, was targeted by suspected Russian agents in Salisbury.
The Foreign Office said that Russia had targeted the UK media organizations, telecom companies, energy infrastructure and political institutions.
“Kremlin should have no doubt: we see what they are trying to do in the shadow and we will not tolerate it,” Lemi said In a statement“Putin’s hybrid danger and aggression will never break our resolve.”
The BBC has approached the Russian Embassy for comments.
People or institutions who are approved can face several restrictions, including financial assets frozen.
European leaders are also looking for the US to put more pressure on Russia.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump threatens Russia with severe tariff If a peace deal did not reach within 50 days. US President has become increasingly impatient with Putin.
The Foreign Office also announced sanctions on three leaders of “African initiatives”, a social media campaign said that was funded, funded and employed by Russia to conduct disruptive operations in West Africa.
Russia has ruled out any participation in efforts to intervene with democratic systems of the first countries or to vandalize its economies.
