Ukraine conflict: UK sanctions target Russia banks and oligarchs

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Boris Johnson has announced the "largest and most severe package of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen" after the invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking in the Commons, the prime minister said all major Russian banks would have their assets frozen and be excluded from the UK financial system.

The Russian airline Aeroflot will also be banned from landing in the UK.

Mr Johnson told the House of Commons that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "bloodstained aggressor".

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