EU leaders agreed on Thursday to roll over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for another six months because Moscow has failed to meet its Ukraine ceasefire commitments, EU president Donald Tusk said.
“Agreed. EU will extend economic sanctions against Russia for their lack of implementing the Minsk agreement,” Tusk tweeted at an EU leaders summit in Brussels.
The decision will be formalised in July and become effective on July 31, when the current measures are to expire.
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Source: South China Morning Post
