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UK sanctions Russian troops over chemical weapons use in Ukraine

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Russia ’s Radiological Chemical and Biological Defence troops and their commander Lt Gen Igor Kirillov will be subject to an assets freeze and travel ban.

Two of the Russian defence ministry's scientific laboratories have also been designated.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK would not sit idly by’ whilst Putin and his mafia state “ride roughshod over international law, including the Chemical Weapons Convention ”.