He was speaking with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba in Warsaw, where the two discussed how to maximize sanctions against Russia in the wake of alleged war crimes revealed in Bucha. He said: “There should be no talk of lifting sanctions as long as Putin’s troops are in Ukraine and the threat of Russian aggression is evident in Europe. We must see Putin withdraw his troops. We must see Ukraine’s full territorial integrity restored. “We must see to it that Russia’s ability to act aggressively stops.” He said the sanctions had already delayed Russia’s economy by 15 years, but now it was necessary to move to the maximum level of sanctions, as the worst in terms of atrocities had already happened. He said he believed Vladimir Putin had responded only to the violence, adding that the United Kingdom intended to push for a timetable for ending Western dependence on Russian energy agreed at a meeting of German G7 foreign ministers. and Italy, two of most countries. depends on Russian energy. Kuleba urged any foreign minister thinking of voting against such an embargo to be the first to visit mass graves in Ukraine, adding that half a meter was no longer enough. He said he feared that the bodies found in Bouha were just the tip of the iceberg and that worse horrors would be revealed when the siege of Mariupol was lifted. “I can tell you without exaggeration, but with great sadness, that the situation in Mariupol is much worse than what we have seen in Bucha and other cities, towns and villages near Kyiv,” he said. In a press conference after their meeting, Tras announced an additional 10 10 million in British funding to help victims of sexual violence in the conflict, as well as technical advice from the Metropolitan Police to help Ukraine gather evidence of war crimes. He said: “I’m afraid it’s not the end of the horrors and we just should not do business with Putin. “We have seen massacres, evidence of rape and sexual violence, as well as indiscriminate killings of civilians. We will ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice for these barbaric crimes. “And together with our allies, we will intensify our efforts to end Putin’s horrific war.” Although he said it was very clear that war crimes had taken place, he said it was up to the courts to decide whether this amounted to genocide, a claim already made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Both ministers took part in the US call for Russia to be expelled from the UN Human Rights Council. Calling for a tough new wave of sanctions, Trash said: “The reality is that money is still flowing from the West into Putin’s war machine. This has to stop”. He called for a ban on Russian ships in European ports, the closure of Russian banks’ access to international payment systems, a ban on Russian gold sales by the Russian central bank, and a timetable for ending dependence on Russian energy.
