Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Liz Truss told MPs officials were working on a ‘hit list’ of oligarchs. Photograph: Reuters

6.11pm GMT

Early evening summary

• Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, has told MPs that Britons will face “some economic hardship” as a result of the sanctions being imposed on Russia. This has always been implicit in the announcements, but until now ministers have been reluctant to state this publicly. (See 3.45pm.)

• Russian vessels will be banned from British ports, transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday, in an effort to ensure the Kremlin isn’t funding its war effort in Ukraine with sales of oil and gas in the UK.

• Boris Johnson is facing demands from 37 Tory MPs that Britain must go further in welcoming Ukrainians fleeing war after a backlash against the government’s refugee policy. In the Commons, Priti Patel, the home secretary, claimed that the various changes to visa rules announced for Ukrainians fleeing the war amounted to a “bespoke humanitarian route” for people to come to the UK and that 100,000 extra people should be able to benefit. (See 3.22pm.) But Patel was criticised for not announcing any further changes to the rules. (See 5.08pm.)

• Patel has been accused of misleading MPs about the generosity of her visa rules for Ukrainians. In the Commons she told Yvette Cooper, her Labour shadow, that a a 69-year-old Ukrainian woman, with a daughter living in the UK, would benefit as a result. (See 3.34pm.) But Cooper told MPs, on a point of order, a few minutes ago that she had subsequently found out that Patel was wrong, and that the woman would not benefit. She said that it was “totally confusing” and that Patel should correct the record.

• Downing Street has publicly distanced itself from Liz Truss’s suggestion that Britons should be able to join the fight in Ukraine, saying this would contravene travel advice and people should instead consider making a donation instead.

That is all from me for today. But our Ukraine coverage continues on our global live blog. It’s here.

Updated at 6.21pm GMT

6.10pm GMT

Scottish parliament to sell off Russian shares in its pension fund

The Scottish parliament has called on the firm which manages its pension funds, Baillie Gifford, to sell off all its Russian shares following the invasion of Ukraine.

Holyrood’s parliamentary corporate body and the presiding officer, Alison Johnstone, said they were distressed to learn after an information request by the Ferret, an investigative website, the fund had £230,000 worth of shares in the state-owned Russian bank, Sberbank.

Johnstone tweeted:

In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have written to the Trustees of the Parliament’s pension scheme urging that all Russian shareholdings are divested immediately.

You can read my letter in full at https://t.co/dpzQTy2uds pic.twitter.com/E2nqHdoaJI

— Alison Johnstone (@POScotParl) February 28, 2022

Updated at 6.11pm GMT