Auckland, Aug. 9 -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced a new round of sanctions targeting individuals and entities supporting Russia's war against Ukraine.

The sanctions package targets 33 individuals and entities with a particular focus on cyber actors, as well as those involved in the forced relocation, abduction, and re-education of Ukrainian children.

"Children should never be used as instruments of war," Peters says.

"New Zealand remains deeply concerned by efforts to abduct and re-educate Ukrainian children through coercive state-directed programmes", he added.

The package also includes designations of malicious cyber actors, and those supporting the creation and dissemination of anti-Ukraine propaganda ai...