Britain has sanctioned a Russian General known as “the butcher of Mariupol” in the latest round of restrictions over the invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, the Chief of the National Defence Command and Control Centre, where Russian military operations are planned and controlled, the UK Foreign Office said.
It accused him of “using reprehensible tactics, including shelling civilian centres in both Aleppo in 2015-16 and now in Mariupol - where atrocities are being perpetuated against Ukrainian people”.
