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EU to unleash ‘harshest’ ever package of sanctions on Russia, as European Commission President blasts Putin for ‘barbaric attack’ on Ukraine

REBUILD: Commission president Ursula von der Leyen wants to use frozen Russian state assets to pay for re-construction in Ukraine. She is seen here with Commission foreign chief Josep Borrell who previously floated the idea

Source: EC - Audiovisual Service

By Elizabeth Hearst for AMLi

The European Union is set to unleash the “harshest” package of sanctions “ever implemented” on Russia, as the country’s troops descend on neighbouring Ukraine.

In a press conference this morning, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen condemned the “barbaric attack” by Russia on Ukraine.

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