The European Union’s foreign ministers are struggling to escalate sanctions against Russia in a way that might deter fighting by separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The fighting has been intensifying for weeks, but a missile attack that killed 30 civilians on Friday (23 January) prompted Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, to convene an emergency meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels today (29 January), just ten days after they last met.
Renewed calls from the EU and the international community for a ceasefire in Ukraine have gone unheeded, with reports from international monitors and journalists indicating intense fighting and a fast-rising death …read more
Source: European Voice
