EU adopts package of sanctions

Reaction to Russia's recognition of non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions and deployment of troops to the region


The Council today adopted a package of measures in response to the decision by the Russian Federation to recognise the non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent and the subsequent decision to deploy Russian troops to these areas. The package agreed today includes: Targeted restrictive measures, restrictions on economic relations with the non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and financial restrictions.

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