Berlin (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. Merkel reiterated that EU member states were considering adding pro-Russian separatists to existing sanction lists imposed on Moscow.But she added at a news conference in Berlin: “Beyond that, further economic sanctions are not planned at the moment.”She said after talks with Pakistan’s visiting prime minister Nawaz Sharif that, with the onset of winter looming, the “overarching goal” was to achieve a “real truce”.Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and nine injured in the …read more
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