Iran Press/ Europe: The latest UK sanctions on Russia are unacceptable and legally null and void, the Russian embassy in London said in a statement on Monday.
"We view the decision by the UK government on 17 July 2023 to impose illegal unilateral restrictions against yet another group of Russian citizens and organizations as categorically unacceptable and legally void. The fact that this move was cynically covered up by the pretext of protection of children is particularly disturbing," the Russian embassy's statement said.
Russian embassy added: "What is particularly cynical about the latest British measure is that it was taken literally a few hours following the terrorist attack by the Kiev regime against the Crimean Bridge, as a result of which a 14-year-old girl was wounded and lost both her parents. And after countless strikes by the armed forces of Ukraine against peaceful residents of the Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with the use of UK-supplied shells and missiles. Strikes that claimed the lives of children and their parents."
The statement said the UK imposed the sanctions ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine that will take place on Monday evening.
The Russian embassy's statement added: "The UK makes no secret of expanding its sanctions list ahead of the debate on the situation around Ukraine at the UN Security Council. London has grown accustomed to synchronizing such symbolic stunts with events where it wants to show off its leadership within the anti-Russian coalition. A clumsy attempt to impose pressure on the Russian side was also clearly intended."
The new package will fall short of this goal. However, it is a vivid demonstration of the lack of scruples of the UK authorities and their detachment from reality, the abyss between their proclaimed objectives and underlying motives," the embassy said. 219
