Britain announced a new large-scale sanctions package against Russia and became the first country to introduce punitive measures against all ten of Russia's biggest oil producers.
The new package includes ships of the "Shadow Navy", large coal companies as well as Rosneft's flagship Arctic oil and gas project - Vostok Oil LLC. Sanctions also against Slavneft.
As British Prime Minister Andy Burnham noted, the peace talks regarding Ukraine have progressed, "but now is not the time for complacency."