EU offers Ukraine more help but shies away from new Russia sanctions


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will offer Ukraine more aid at a summit on Thursday after Russia's seized its ships off Crimea but calls to punish Moscow with more sanctions lacked support.

The bloc's 28 national leaders, however, decided to roll over the existing economic sanctions over Crimea's 2014 annexation by Moscow and Russia's subsequent backing for rebels in east Ukraine. But there is no consensus to step up punitive measures as sought by more hawkish governments, diplomats said.

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