South Korea said Tuesday that it will cut financial transactions with seven Russian banks as part of its economic sanctions against the Russian government.
The UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency session Monday to discuss the conflict, which has claimed dozens of lives and raised fears that it will displace millions of people.
The UK government has joined the European Union (EU) and the United States in announcing new sanctions against the Russian Central Bank in a bid to ramp up pressure against Moscow for its belligerent act of invasion against Ukraine.