The U.K. has imposed sanctions on North Korea’s defense minister and other senior figures linked to the deployment of DPRK troops and weapons to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, following a series of coordinated designations by other Commonwealth countries and the EU.

But the U.S. stood out by declining to join its allies in announcing new sanctions on North Korea for the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, likely reflecting the Trump administration’s friendlier stance toward Moscow and interest in diplomacy with Pyongyang.

London’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced the designationsof the five defense officials to mark the Ukraine