BRUSSELS – The European Union is set to add nine people to its Russia sanctions blacklist in response to the organization of highly disputed elections in eastern Ukraine, sources say.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Epoch Times: EU to sanction 9 people over separatist elections in Ukraine
A man holds his ballot paper as he leaves a booth at a polling station in Donetsk, in the separatist-held area of eastern Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2018, as Kremlin-backed separatists chose their new leaders despite Western calls on Moscow not to sabotage peace talks.