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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Johnson targets Putin’s ‘private army’ with new sanctions amid plea to allies

PA Wire

Boris Johnson hit the paramilitary Wagner Group – seen as Vladimir Putin’s private army – in a raft of new sanctions as he urged allies to “step up” support against the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Prime Minister is using a Nato emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday to commit to a new package, including 6,000 more missiles for Ukraine and pressing to prevent the Russian president using his gold reserves.

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