Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived in Iceland to attend a summit with leaders of the Nordic countries.
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Zelenskiy said on Telegram on October 28 that while in Iceland he will take part in the fourth Ukraine-Northern Europe summit and hold bilateral negotiations with the prime ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. He also plans to meet with the president and representatives of Iceland’s parliament.
"Our discussions will focus on support for the Victory Plan and the areas where our cooperation can yield maximum results: financing Ukrainian weapons production and long-range capabilities, preparations for winter, maritime security, restrictions on the Russian shadow fleet, defense support, training and equipping of Ukrainian soldiers," Zelenskiy said.
Iceland's parliament in April adopted a resolution on support for Ukraine through 2028, including Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and the security of the civilian population, humanitarian aid, and reconstruction. Iceland also allocated almost 2 million euros ($2.1 million) to a Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine.
Separately on October 28, Britain added new sanctions on three Russian public relations agencies and their senior staff, accusing them of "attempting to undermine and destabilize Ukraine and its democracy."
The new sanctions target Russia's state-funded Social Design Agency (SDA), its partner company Structura, and a third company, Ano Dialog. The sanctions include three senior managers at each company.
The three firms and their leadership were responsible for a "vast malign online network, also commonly known as Doppelganger," which floods social media with fake posts, counterfeit documents, and other material.
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British Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "resorting to clumsy, ineffective efforts to try and stoke unrest" to destabilize Ukraine.
"Today's sanctions send a clear message: We will not tolerate your lies and interference, and we are coming after you," he said in a statement. "Putin's desperate attempts to divide us will fail. We will constrain the Kremlin, and stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes."