Press Release: Council conclusions on Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 12 May 2014

At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting held in Brussels on the 12 May 2014 EU Foreign Ministers adopted conclusions on the current situation in Ukraine.

At the meeting the Council broadened EU sanctions regarding the situation in Ukraine.

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