LONDON, Oct 17 (KUNA) -- The UK on Thursday unleashed the largest package of sanctions to date against the Russian shadow fleet of oil tankers, announced the UK Foreign Office.
Eighteen more shadow fleet ships will be barred from UK ports and unable to access world-leading British maritime services, bringing the total number of oil tankers sanctioned to 43, the office said in a press statement.
The oil tankers targeted today transported an estimated USD 4.9 billion in the last year alone, according to the statement.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "The UK is leading the charge against (Russian President Vladimir) Putinآ’s desperate and dangerous attempts to cling on to his energy revenues, with his shadow fleet placing coastlines across Europe and the world in jeopardy." "I have made it my personal mission to constrain the Kremlin," he said. (end) nbs.mt