This is the largest Russia sanctions package since the early months of 2022 (24 February 2026) War crimes and justice the UK has provided 22.8 million to support Ukraines domestic war crimes investigations with our EU and US partners, we established the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group to coordinate our collective technical assistance and capacity building support for Ukraines efforts to document, investigate and prosecute atrocity crimes we have committed more than 4 million to support Ukrainian efforts to facilitate the return and reintegration of children forcibly deported by Russia, including a pilot tracing mechanism which has identified over 20,000 additional children since the beginning of September we supported the resolution establishing theOperating Model of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggressionwhich was adopted on 15 May, paving the way to hold those responsible for Russias war to account we are a founding member of theRegister of Damage for Ukraine, which allows Ukrainians to record losses, injury or damage as a result of the war and open for all 43 claims categories (30 September 2026) we signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Establishment of anInternational Claims Commission for Ukraine(16 December 2025)Trade theUK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement has entered into force,facilitating duty-free digital content trade (1 September 2024) theUK-Ukraine TechBridge delivers projects in mutual trade, investment, innovation research and digital skills development the UKs first dedicated business centre for industry in Ukraine has now opened, offering UK companies a permanent presence in Kyiv to deepen industrial ties with Ukraine (8 October 2026) ourCity-Ukraine Hub leverages UK expertise to deliver capacity building projects our provision of military equipment to deter attacks andinsurance through the UK-developed Unity facilityhassupported the Black Sea maritime corridorand enabled Ukraine to keep exporting its goods

By one estimate thats equivalent to around 2 more years of funding for the invasion between October 2024 and September 2025, UK imports from and exports to Russia of all goods dropped by 98.1 and 97.5 compared to 2021 this government has imposed sanctions against 38 individuals and entities including Russian oil companies, shadow fleet tankers, and those supplying goods critical to Russias military (8 October 2026) 31 individuals and entities including LNG shadow fleet vessels, Kremlin disinformation networks and perpetrators of civilian torture and child indoctrination (1 October 2026) 19 individuals and entities enabling Russias war in Ukraine, further constraining the networks and revenue streams on which the Kremlin relies (6 August 2026) 24 individuals and entities behind destructive cyber and hybrid operations(13 July 2026)

Over the past weeks, we and others spoke of the findings of the United Nations reporting of sexual violence being used against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine in a shocking pattern of torture, intimidation and coercion.4

Ukrainian officials estimated that at least 20,000 civilians had been killed in the city and more than 90 percent of Mariupols structures had been damaged or destroyed during the siege

The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine verified that at least 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 injured during September 2026

On 7 October, a Russian missile hit a residential building in Pryluky, killing 22 civilians including five children

The refugee crisis and evidence of Russian war crimes Millions of Ukrainians fled the country as Russia indiscriminately targeted civilian populations with rockets and artillery strikes

After the Russians were forced to withdraw from Irpin and Bucha, Ukrainian forces uncovered mass graves, bodies that showed clear signs of torture, and other evidence of war crimes

Elsewhere along the front, the Russians targeted cultural sites, hospitals, water treatment plants, and other civilian infrastructure in a brazen violation of the Geneva Conventions

As demonstrated in the failed Kyiv offensive, Russia could not count on its armored units to successfully execute even the basic elements of a maneuver warfare campaign