You're reading: Independent: Merkel and Hollande call for new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine conflict

Angela Merkel has called for sanctions against Russia to be extended over continued fighting in eastern Ukraine following a failed ceasefire.

Germany and France have led efforts to implement a peace deal agreed in Minsk but there has been no end to the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists, which has killed more than 10,000 people since it erupted in 2014.

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