EU leaders announced a raft of tough new sanctions on Russia on Sunday, such as closing the entirety of EU airspace to Russian planes, including private jets used by oligarchs, and banning Russian state media outlets.
Speaking beside EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Russia Today and Sputnik "will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war and to sow division in our union”.
Von der Leyen also said the bloc was taking the unprecedented step of financing €450 million in arms to Ukraine and introducing restrictions on exports from Russian ally Belarus.
Source: France24
