London, Oct. 23 -- United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keri Starmer on Wednesday (local time) welcomed the United States joining the UK in imposing "substantial sanctions" on two major oil companies of Russia, namely Rosneft and Lukoil, and called for a stop to the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war.

The UK, on October 16, announced around 90 new sanctions on the Russian oil sector in an effort to put pressure on the country to stop the Ukraine war. A week later, on October 23, the United States announced sanctions on two of Russia's biggest oil companies.

"Last week, the UK sanctioned Russia's two largest oil companies that fund Putin's war machine. I'm pleased the US has now joined us with substantial sanctions on the same two oil compan...