The European Union (EU) has rebuffed Russia’s demand to lift sanctions on its key agricultural bank as part of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal with Ukraine, with Brussels saying restrictions will stay in place until Moscow fully withdraws its forces from Ukrainian territory.
European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement on March 26 that there will be no easing of sanctions unless Russia halts what the EU describes as its “unprovoked and unjustified aggression” against Ukraine and pulls out its troops.
