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Boeing jets employed by Russian flag airline Aeroflot are among the sanctioned aircraft. The US government has effectively grounded nearly 100 planes with ties to Russia, including one owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich. The planes, according to the US Commerce Department, are in violation of US sanctions against Russia. It warns that providing service to these planes anywhere in the globe, including within Russia, might result in severe fines and possible jail time. Russian airlines, notably Aeroflot, are represented on the list. While the majority of the planes are Boeings, there is also a Gulfstream private jet owned by Roman Abramovich, the current owner of Chelsea Football Club. The Russian oligarch was one of seven oligarchs sanctioned by the UK government earlier this month as a result of the Ukraine conflict. Mr. Abramovich, 55, is accused of having close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he denies it. The government said in a statement that any refueling, mainte

Boris Johnson has been chastised for equating the struggle of Ukrainians opposing Russia's invasion with those who voted for Brexit in the United Kingdom. He stated in a speech that Britons, like Ukrainians, have the instinct "to choose freedom," citing the 2016 Brexit vote as a "recent example." Politicians in the UK and Europe have been outraged by the remarks. Former European Council President Donald Tusk described the remarks as "offensive." Lord Barwell, a Conservative peer, said voting in a referendum was "in no way similar" to risking one's life in a war, while Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, called it a "insult" to Ukrainians. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the prime minister encouraged China to strongly denounce the Russian invasion. He speculated that Beijing was reconsidering its neutral posture. In a speech to the Conservative Party's spring conference in Blackpool on Saturday, Mr Johnson compa