UK imposes sanctions on 35 individuals and entities linked to Russia’s drone production and the exploitation of vulnerable migrants recruited to support the war in Ukraine

The measures target trafficking networks accused of deceiving migrants from countries including Iraq, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, sending them either to the frontline as “cannon fodder” or into Russian weapons factories through schemes such as the Alabuga Start drone programme. The sanctions also target suppliers of drone components and military goods from countries including China and Thailand, as part of wider efforts to disrupt Russia’s military supply chains and escalating drone attacks on Ukraine…