Foreign Secretary Liz Truss backs people from UK who want to fight in Ukraine
Ukraine's ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko said an "overwhelming" number of foreign nationals were "demanding to be allowed to fight" for Ukraine - as the Russian invasion reaches its fourth day. Ukraine has said it will arm all volunteers.
She said the UK government was "doing all it can" to support Ukraine with defensive weapons on the ground and with "far more severe sanctions" against Russia, to stop Putin from funding his "war machine". She said the UK government had compiled a "hit list" of Russian billionaires and said there would be a "rolling programme of sanctions" against individual oligarchs.
Ms Truss acknowledged that there was likely to be an "economic cost" to the UK "in terms of access to oil and gas markets" - and, with the conflict expected to drive energy and fuel prices even higher.
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