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"What was done on Monday was weak, really weak," said Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

“Those standing with puffed chests about ‘getting Brexit done’ have yet to say or show how the UK might benefit."

“This shows how the post-Brexit increase in custom costs to UK consumers is really biting," a senior manager at an accountancy firm has said.

Attacks were reported across Ukraine from around 3am, including in several western cities, close to the border with Poland.

Denouncing UK sanctions, Daria Kaleniuk said: "Putin is attacking my country, so I beg you to stand up for Ukraine."

Vladimir Putin said other countries attempts to interfere with the Russian action would result in “consequences they have never seen”.

"The Tory party are almost entirely funded by Russian oligarchs, most of whom are sanctioned," he said.

"Watching Putin's speech right now I no longer think there will be meaningful de-escalation," she said.

The movement was described by organisers as a “cry for peace”.