THE evil Russian general dubbed “the Butcher of Mariupol” is today being sanctioned by the UK.
Putin’s murderous henchman Mikhail Mizintsev – who has exacted terror on the besieged Ukrainian city – is being stung along in Liz Truss’ latest punishment package.
Up to 90 per cent of the city, home to 400,000 before the war, has been destroyed or damaged after a month of heavy shelling, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine has alleged that Putin‘s general was behind both the bombing of a maternity hospital in the city as well as the shelling of a theatre being used as a bomb shelter by up to 1,000 people.
The Foreign Secretary is also sanctioning Kremlin propagandists peddling Putin’s lies.
It includes prominent Russian TV presenter Sergey Brilev and the entire TV-Novosti network that owns state broadcaster RT.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: “Putin’s war on Ukraine is based on a torrent of lies. Britain has helped lead the world in exposing Kremlin disinformation, and this latest batch of sanctions hits the shameless propagandists who push out Putin’s fake news and narratives.
“We will keep on going with more sanctions to ramp up the pressure on Russia and ensure Putin loses in Ukraine. Nothing and no one is off the table.”
“An ally of the Foreign Secretary said: “Britain is leading the world now in sanctioning Putin’s Russia and we’ll continue to hit villains like Mizintsev and Kremlin shills like RT and Sputnik. We’re going to keep on whacking away with sanctions.”
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