The UK said its latest round of sanctions against Russia targeted military generals responsible for what it called atrocities in Ukraine, as well as individuals and businesses supporting Russian forces.
"Today's new wave of sanctions hits the generals and defence companies that have blood on their hands," UK Foreign minister Liz Truss said in a statement.
It comes as Ukraine's deputy prime minister said an agreed humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal factory had not worked as planned, blaming Russian forces. She said 1,000 civilians and 500 wounded soldiers needed to be brought out immediately.
Putin said the remaining Ukrainian troops were free to lay down their weapons and surrender.
NEWS: Today I announce new sanctions on those with Ukrainian blood on their hands including the commander of the unit which occupied Bucha and other individuals and businesses supporting Putin’s military.
We are relentless in support of Ukraine.https://t.co/kUMdnKjJ5D— Liz Truss (@trussliz) April 21, 2022
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Russian forces are advancing from staging areas in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region towards Kramatorsk, which continues to be hit by rocket attacks, the UK Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin.
Russian warplanes are providing close air support to the offensive, and trying to suppress and destroy Ukrainian air defences, it said.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, said it was under intense bombardment.
The Kremlin said peace talks with Ukraine were continuing, but that Moscow was still awaiting Kyiv's response to a proposal it had handed over. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had not seen or heard of the document.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said any peace talks were likely to fail, compared holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiating with a crocodile.
Finance officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out of a meeting of the world's top 20 economies, the G20, as Russian representatives spoke.
The prime ministers of Spain and Denmark visited the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a "global security initiative" that upholds the principle of "indivisible security" - the concept, which Russia endorses, that no country may strengthen its own security at others' expense.
Italy's ecological transition minister said his country could start being independent from Russian gas by the second half of next year.
Britain added more military figures and defence companies to its list of Russian sanctions targets.
U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver an update at 9:45 a.m. (13:45 GMT) as he works to complete a new arms package for Ukraine's military.
