EU chair Latvia says EU might up pressure on Russia over Ukraine


  • World
  • Friday, 23 Jan 2015

RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's foreign minister, who has a lead role in EU diplomacy, said on Friday new violence in eastern Ukraine was jeopardising a ceasefire deal with Russia and warned the EU may look at new measures to penalise Moscow.

Renewed fighting around Donetsk has increasingly cast doubt over truce accords signed at Minsk in September.

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