UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

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A fresh wave of sanctions against Russia has been imposed by the government, as the UK signalled its disapproval of the Russian abduction of Ukrainian children into Russia, by aiming new sanctions at people involved with the barbaric treatment of children in Ukraine".

Those targeted by sanctions include the Russian children's rights commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, the so-called mastermind behind the shadowy abduction programme.