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 Vice-President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella has said he hopes that Europe will find a way to stop anti-democratic actions by the authorities in Ukraine.

“I insist that European states and European institutions find a form how to stop these rampant anti-democratic actions. I am confident that we will definitely find such a form and certain sanctions,” he said at the national resistance headquarters in Kyiv on Saturday.

Pittella also noted that he would raise this issue in the European Parliament.