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President of the EU Council Herman Van Rompuy has decided to convene an emergency summit on the situation in Ukraine on Thursday, March 6, a statement reads.

“The President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, has decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of EU Heads of State or Government on Thursday 6 March 2014 to discuss the situation in Ukraine,” the European Council said in a statement.

The summit is expected to begin at 11:30 a.m. and finish with a press conference around 3 p.m. local time.