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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK has sanctioned officials running the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition figure and critic of President Vladmir Putin Alexei Navalny died, saying Britian and its allies were considering "all options to hold Russia and Putin to account". "He died for a cause to which he dedicated his whole life - freedom - and to return home knowing that Putin had already tried to have him killed is one of the most courageous acts of our time," he tells members of parliament. SOUNDBITE
The United States warns it will take action against companies and nations working with Iran's drone program after Russia used the imports for deadly kamikaze strikes in Kyiv. "The US will not hesitate to use sanctions or take actions against perpetrators," US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel says. SOUNDBITE
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen proposes a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia that would include a ban on coal imports and blocking Russian ships from entering European ports. SOUNDBITE
Western sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine are already having "a strong impact" on its economy, Germany's finance minister Lindner says. SOUNDBITE of Christian Lindner
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will ban the Russian-owned Russia Today and Sputnik as well as their subsidiaries in the Union. SOUNDBITE
Ukraine rejects any "guarantee" sought by Russia to ease tensions on the border, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells AFP. "I insist that it’s Russia who has to guarantee that it will not continue its agression against any country," adds Kuleba. SOUNDBITE