British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss said on Wednesday that the UK will stop the sale of Russian sovereign debt in London due to the possible introduction of Russian troops into the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. It is reported by Reuters agency .

According to him, she also threatened to expand sanctions against Russia if a “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine begins.

On February 22, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that London would freeze the assets of Rossiya Bank, Promsvyazbank, JSC Commercial Bank Industrial Savings Bank, Genbank and the Black Sea Development Bank. Gennady Timchenko, Boris and Igor Rotenberg fell under personal sanctions. After that, Johnson was criticized by both party members in the Conservative Party and the opposition for applying too light sanctions on Russia.