UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other British Cabinet ministers have been placed on a Kremlin blacklist and banned from entering Russia in response to sanctions against the country, reports suggest. It comes as Russian troops restarted assaults on the Ukrainian capital after a brief reprieve. Meanwhile, at home, a former Cabinet minister said the Homes for Ukraine scheme where households can take in those fleeing the war is "bumpy" and visas are taking too long to be processed. Robert Jenrick, who was previously communities secretary, revealed his family are housing a Ukrainian mother and her two children. It's taken too long to get visas, for us it took about three weeks to get all three visas approved.

Source: Irish Independent April 17, 2022 03:07 UTC