{"id":1784,"date":"2025-04-24T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:48:50","slug":"uk-bans-console-controllers-being-shipped-for-putins-forces-to-pilot-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/uk-bans-console-controllers-being-shipped-for-putins-forces-to-pilot-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"UK bans console controllers being shipped for Putin\u2019s forces to pilot drones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Russian military has used drones to deadly effect in Ukraine (Photo by Russian Defense Ministry \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UK has banned the export of video game controllers to Russia<\/a> to stop them being used to pilot killer drones in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

New measures announced today by the Foreign Office<\/a> focus on cutting off the Kremlin’s access to British tech as its military continues to batter civilians three years on from the invasion.<\/p>\n

This morning, a Russian missile assault on Kyiv<\/a> left at least ten people dead in one of the worst attacks<\/a> on the Ukrainian capital since the war began.<\/p>\n

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty told MPs: ‘Today, we have announced new sanctions, including the shocking repurposing of gaming console controllers to kill Ukrainians by Russian.<\/p>\n

A social media<\/a> post from the Foreign Office said controllers made for video game consoles are being used by the Russian army to direct their drones on the front line.<\/p>\n

Separate measures would ‘cut Russia’s war machine off from innovative British tech, world-leading software, and close loopholes exploited by Putin’s cronies’, the post said.<\/p>\n

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The move comes a day after the Kremlin announced sanctions on 15 British MPs and six members of the House of Lords, banning them from entering Russia.<\/p>\n

They included long-serving Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael and new Labour MP Johanna Baxter, who has campaigned for the return of Ukrainian children who have been taken from their homes.<\/p>\n

Baxter said: ‘The abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia is one of the most heart-wrenching and indefensible crimes of this war, which the world\u00a0cannot ignore. <\/p>\n

‘And sanctioning me, as they just have done, the Russian Government will not silence me.’<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd34 BANNED: export of video game controllers used to pilot Russian drones on the front line in Ukraine.Today\u2019s measures will also cut Russia's war machine off from innovative British tech, world-leading software, and close loopholes exploited by Putin's cronies. pic.twitter.com\/An6L3RckV1<\/a><\/p>\n

— Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (@FCDOGovUK) April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n

Lib Dem defence spokesperson Helen Morgan, who was also banned from Russia, said she would ‘wear this retaliatory sanction as a badge of honour’.<\/p>\n

In the House of Commons this morning, Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel said the sanctions showed the parliamentarians are ‘on the right side of history’.<\/p>\n

The European Union also banned the export of video game accessories to Russia earlier this year.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has claimed a deal to end the war in Ukraine is ‘very close’, but attacked Zelensky in a post on his website Truth Social yesterday.<\/p>\n

He said the Ukrainian leader’s comment that he would not recognise the occupation of Crimea ‘will do nothing but prolong the \u201ckilling field\u201d’, adding: ‘He has nothing to boast about!’<\/p>\n

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A ballistic missile exploding in the sky over Kyiv earlier this morning (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the House of Commons this morning, Doughty said: ‘The UK’s position regarding Ukrainian sovereignty is well known, and our position has not changed.<\/p>\n

‘We do not recognise Russian sovereignty over any territory, including Crimea, and when, how, and on what terms this war comes to an end can only be decided by negotiations with Ukraine.’<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top negotiator Steve Witkoff abruptly pulled out of Ukraine talks<\/a> in London on Monday shortly before they were due to take place.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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