Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new measures will target drones and “disinformation”

The US will unveil a new round of Russia-related sanctions on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told reporters. Washington’s latest restrictions will target the allegedly Iranian-built drones that have been used to devastating effect in Ukraine, Blinken claimed.

Speaking to reporters in Sweden on Tuesday, Blinken said that the new sanctions would impose “export controls on the technology that’s found in Iranian drones used to target Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

The sanctions package will include additional measures “to counter Russian misinformation and disinformation, [and] to protect human rights defenders online,” Blinken continued, without elaborating further.

By “Iranian drones,” Blinken was likely referring to ‘Shahed’ kamikaze drones, which Ukraine and its Western backers claim have been used in Russia’s airstrikes. Moscow and Tehran deny these claims, with the Kremlin saying that it only uses a Russian-made variant of the Shahed in its military campaign......more below

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