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European leaders tell Putin to agree to unconditional ceasefire by Monday or face ‘massive’ sanctions (www.theguardian.com)

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Ukraine and European leaders agreed on Saturday to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire from 12 May with the backing of US president Donald Trump, threatening president Vladimir Putin with new “massive” sanctions if he failed to comply.

The announcement was made by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine after a meeting in Kyiv, during which they held a phone call with Trump.

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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago

After three glorious years of sanctions that totally crippled... oh wait, achieved nothing. This new batch will definitely work!