BRUSSELS – The European Union has prolonged for six months until Sept. 15 a blacklist of Russian and Crimean individuals and firms accused of undermining Ukraine’s integrity and independence, an EU statement said on March 13. “The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the sanctions regime,” the statement said. The sanctions were introduced in March 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its involvement in the revolt in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: EU prolongs until September blacklist of Russians over Ukraine crisis
Russian-backed separatists guard a checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska, Lugansk region, on March 7, as an elderly man carrying bags passes into Ukraine-controlled territory.
