Ukraine Calls On The EU To Hit Russia With Sanctions

The European Union has told Ukraine it is not ready to slap sanctions on Moscow at this time, but it did back plans for financial assistance to the country struggling under the threat of attack from Russia. Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on the sidelines of the bloc’s foreign ministers summit in Brussels on February 21 that he would convene an extraordinary EU meeting to set sanctions only "when the moment comes." The decision rebuffed calls by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba for the West to immediately take steps…