The European Union has prolonged economic restrictions imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis until Jan. 31 2017, the European Council said in a statement on July 1.
The Moscow Times: EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
Residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk clear rubble from an apartment building that was destroyed as a result of night shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists on June 24, 2016.
