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Speaking at a press conference alongside the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, reveals a new round of sanctions against Moscow over its latest "escalation" in Ukraine. The new sanctions include a cap on the price of Russian oil and a ban on exports from the country worth seven billion euros ($7 billion). The announcement comes as the Kremlin-installed leaders of Russian-held regions in Ukraine have been claiming victory in what Von der Leyen describes as "sham" referendums on joining the Russian Federation. SOUNDBITE
Russia's $40 billion South Stream gas pipeline project has fallen victim to plunging energy prices, stalling European demand and the political standoff between the EU and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. As David Pollard reports, Russia as now named Turkey as its preferred partner.
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, meets Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in Brussels. The 47-year-old Kremlin critic died in an Arctic prison on February 16 after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage and condemnation from Western leaders and his supporters. IMAGES
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that North Korea will pay the "price" if it supplies Russia with arms, during a press briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Kyiv to mark the Europe Day celebration of peace and unity, as Ukraine delivers a symbolic retort to Moscow's Victory Day parade. The president of the European Commission travelled on an overnight train from Poland to see President Volodymyr Zelensky and work on Ukraine's quest for eventual EU membership. IMAGES
Around 20 Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels to denounce the institution's support for the EastMed gas pipeline project, denounced as a "war monger" and a "climate bomb". They put up a banner several dozen metres long, symbolising the pipeline. Police asks the activists to leave the area. No arrests were made. IMAGES
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