Latest updates: deputy prime minister says Britain could capture property assets owned by Russian elites with ‘the evidence and legal basis’
The international community needs to “come down hard on Putin” after Russian forces shelled a nuclear power station in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, according to Dominic Raab.
The deputy prime minister told Times Radio:
It is clearly reckless, irresponsible and not only the fact they were shooting, bombarding that particular site, but when the Ukrainian emergency authorities were trying to put out the fire, the shelling continued.
It must stop.
The question is not whether it is individuals or companies – it is where the money is flowing.
There has been a running commentary that the UK has somehow been slow – we’ve not been slow.
We’ve been at the vanguard of taking action and, of course, what is really important is we act in concert with our allies, European, American and other Nato allies.
