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8/31/14

Ukraine: European leaders warn Russian invasion of east Ukraine at 'a point of no return' - by Bruno Waterfield

EU leaders warned Russia’s invasion of east was at a “point of no return”, risking a “state of war” with Europe and instructed officials to prepare new sanctions to hit the Russian economy.

A summit in Brussels on Saturday gave the green light to toughened economic sanctions, targeting Russia’s finances, oligarchs linked to the Russian president and the country’s vast mineral wealth.

Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said that the EU was prepared for new sanctions against and pleaded with Mr Putin to step back from the brink of outright war between Russia and the Ukraine.

Read more: European leaders warn Russian invasion of east Ukraine at 'a point of no return' - Telegraph

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