UK sanctions Russian individuals, entities responsible for exploiting migrants in its war effort

(Kate Tsurkan – The Kyiv Independent) The U.K. announced on May 5 that it had imposed new sanctions on 35 individuals and entities for their involvement in migrant exploitation and human trafficking to serve Russia’s war effort. “The practice of exploiting vulnerable people to prop up Russia’s failing and illegal war in Ukraine is barbaric,” U.K. Sanctions Minister Stephen Doughty said. “These sanctions expose and disrupt the operations of those trafficking migrants as cannon fodder and feeding Putin’s drone factories with illicit components to target innocent civilians and vital infrastructure.”. Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has not only launched active recruitment campaigns in some of Russia’s poorest regions but has also intensified efforts to enlist foreign nationals to join its war effort. – UK sanctions Russian individuals, entities responsible for exploiting migrants in its war effort