Overview

• On June 17, the UK added 20 additional Russian oil tankers to its sanctions list alongside entities including Orion Star Group, Rosneft Marine and the Russian Defence Ministry’s GUGI deep-sea research unit.
• Prime Minister Starmer also imposed asset freezes on two UK residents, Vladimir Pristoupa and Olech Tkacz, for operating shell companies that funneled more than $120 million in electronics to Russia’s military.
• Downing Street said these measures build on previous rounds that have deprived Moscow of at least $450 billion and caused funding shortfalls for state enterprises.
• Britain intends to work with G7 partners to tighten the $60-per-barrel cap on Russian oil exports even as President Donald Trump expresses reluctance to back further sanctions.
• Starmer and Zelensky agreed during the G7 summit in Canada to reconvene a “coalition of the willing” in the coming weeks to coordinate potential peacekeeping deployments and enforce any ceasefire.