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Leaders from the European Union and Ukraine have gathered for a summit July 9 to discuss Russia, the same day EU sanctions on Moscow have been extended because of the Kremlin’s annexation of the Crimea and continuing support of separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The summit in Brussels, which includes European Council President Donald Tusk, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, comes two days before a NATO summit in the same city — and a week before a July 16 summit in Helsinki between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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