(ANSA) - LONDON, APRIL 05 - The British government has announced the freezing of over 350 billion dollars of Russian foreign exchange reserves of Vladimir Putin, 60% of a total of 604 billion.
This was stated by the Foreign Minister, LizTruss, after talks in Warsaw with her Polish counterpart, Zbigniew Rau.
The head of the Foreign Office reiterated that Western sanctions and the sending of weapons to the Kiev army must be increased and stressed that "the war in Ukraine can only end with Putin's defeat".
Furthermore, according to Truss, the sanctions coordinated with the allied countries "are bringing the Russian economy back to the Soviet era".
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