US Senators Press EU to Renew Russian Sanctions

Defense News: WASHINGTON — As European leaders met Monday, six key US senators wrote to press them to continue sanctions on Russia to force Moscow to adhere to the Minsk ceasefire deal.

Citing a recent surge of ceasefire violations, the lawmakers, led by the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin of Maryland, sent a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk to ask that the European Union maintain “transatlantic solidarity in the face of Russia’s blatant disregard for its Minsk commitments and continued illegal occupation of Crimea.”

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