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Johnson vows to do everything in his power 'to starve Putin’s war machine.'

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In a statement addressing Russia's "despicable attacks against innocent civilians" in Irpin and Bucha, towns northwest of Kyiv, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Britain will step up sanctions against Russia, and bolster military and humanitarian support for Ukraine.

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Russia occupied and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. In recent months, Ukrainian forces have increasingly targeted power substations, bridges, ferry crossings, air defenses, military logistics routes, and Russian vessels in the Black and Azov seas as part of a broader campaign to isolate Crimea.

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