On July 5, the UK imposes additional economic, trade and transport sanctions against Belarus in response to the fact that the Aliaksandr Lukashenka regime continues to actively help Russian troops in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the British Foreign Office.

The new restrictive measures include a ban on the export to Belarus of refined oil products, components of advanced technologies, in particular those necessary for quantum computing, and luxury goods, including works by British artists and designer bags..

It will also be prohibited to import Belarusian iron and steel to Britain..

In addition, the UK will further restrict Belarus' access to its financial sector by expanding the list of companies that will not be able to issue debt and trade securities on the London Stock Exchange..

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As noted in the message, the new package of sanctions will cover imports and exports worth about 60 million pounds..

Earlier it was reported that the UK will almost double military assistance to Ukraine, providing an additional 1 billion pounds, that is, about 1.2 billion US dollars..