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Ambassador Holland calls out Russia’s failure to live up to the commitments it signed up to in the OSCE's Decalogue with its illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia has chosen to construct a false narrative of victimhood as it attacks its smaller neighbour, stifling debate as the facts around its illegal invasion are unpalatable and laid…
Several countries gave a joint statement on sanctions designations on actors and entities involved in the unlawful transfer of arms from North Korea to Russia.
Ambassador Holland tells the OSCE's Economic and Environmental Committee that Russia's commitment to refrain from acts of economic coercion lies in tatters.
Ambassador Holland condemns Russia's disregard for Kharkiv's civilian population as it bombards residential areas and other non-military targets in the region.
Politico-Military Counsellor, Ankur Narayan, adds that despite the staggering costs to Russia, Putin is no closer to subjugating Ukraine. Russia can minimise its losses by withdrawing all of its forces from all of Ukraine.
Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown delivers a joint statement to the OSCE Permanent Council on behalf of Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, the US and the UK reaffirming our commitment to the rights and fundam…
Ambassador Holland condemns reports of Russia's "systematic and widespread use of torture" against Ukrainian prisoners of war and calls on Russia to uphold the laws of war it helped to create.
Justin Addison, UK Delegation to the OSCE, tells the OSCE's Economic and Environmental Committee that Russia’s war against Ukraine is harming trade and transport across the region
The UK announces 92 sanctions in response to the Russian regime imposing sham referendums in 4 regions of Ukraine.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The UK and Finland have signed a strategic partnership declaring Russia as the most significant and direct threat to European peace and stability.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
The UK, alongside international partners, announces a new package of sanctions to target Russia and North Korea (DPRK)’s illicit arms-for-oil partnership.
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s economy is running hot in a war that is projected to cost Russia half a million casualties by 2025.
Ambassador Holland outlines measures that the UK is taking in response to Russia’s malign activity and interference.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
Ambassador Holland calls on Russia to release members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission who have been unlawfully detained in Ukraine for more than two years.
The UK government hosted a senior US government delegation for the second United States-UK Strategic Sanctions Dialogue.
UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.
The move is part of a major package of measures to tighten defences against alleged malign activity by Russia across the UK and Europe.
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