Banks, strategic industries, and a mercenary group that reportedly tried to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have become the new targets of the UK’s Russian sanctions. Rallying NATO leaders to ramp up support for Ukraine in Brussels on Thursday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the sanctions against 65 Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian individuals and entities, along with a new support package including 6,000 more missiles. The UK government said it has sanctioned over 1,000 individuals and businesses under its Russian regime since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Among them, 790 individuals and 39 entities were not previously on the UK’s sanctions list. The new sanctions, including 33 individuals, 26 Russian entities, and six Belarusian entities targeted strategic industries, banks, and business elites, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) said. The FCDO said the Wagner Group, sanctioned on Thursday, is “the organisation [of] Russian mercenaries reportedly tasked with assassinating President Zelenskyy.” The …