The European Union is set to maintain until March 15 sanctions targeted against almost 200 Russians firms, individuals, and Ukrainian separatists to maintain pressure on Moscow to carry out the Minsk cease-fire agreement, diplomats said.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: EU set to extend sanctions on Russia until March 2016
Servicemen of the Kyiv-1, Ukrainian volunteers battalion, take part in training exercises in Kyiv on Aug. 28.
