No Russian vessels are scheduled to call in at Avonmouth Docks, the Bristol Port Company has said, as the Government asks UK ports not to provide access to them.
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps tweeted this afternoon that he had written to all UK ports asking them not to provide access to any Russian flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered or operated vessels. He said: "Given Putin's action in #Ukraine I've made clear these vessels are NOT welcome here with prohibiting legislation to follow."
The news comes as Ukraine has asked Russia for a ceasefire, but the key cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv appear to have survived another night of Russian attacks. However, reports say Belarus could deploy troops 'as soon as today' after their dictator president Alexander Lukashenko warned of 'World War Three.' The UN has warned that up to seven million people could end up fleeing the country as a result of the war.
