LISBON (Reuters) - If the ceasefire in Ukraine breaks down Europe should at least extend its sanctions against Moscow, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday.
"I hear this morning that President Putin is calling on Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve to surrender. That is absolutely not in the spirit of what was agreed last week and belies Russia's true intentions," he told reporters in Lisbon after meeting his Portuguese counterpart Rui Machete.
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