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EU sanctions hit Russia as Donbass border violence worsens
A boy plays with an antiaircraft gun in a War Museum in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022
THE EUROPEAN UNION slapped new sanctions on Russia today as an international observer mission in the Donbass reported worsening border violence.
Asset freezes and travel bans targeted hundreds of Russian officials and MPs as Brussels responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of independence for the breakaway Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, which have been at war with Ukraine since 2014.
The Organisation for Security & Co-operation in Europe, which has monitors on the ground in the Donbass, said today that it had recorded 703 ceasefire violations the previous day in Donetsk and 1,224 ceasefire violations in Lugansk, with violations from both sides.
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