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EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says Russia 'must pay and must be held accountable' for the war in Ukraine. 'For us it's important that we have the political will to make Russia pay for what it did to Ukraine', at the end of a Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the European Union plans to slap Russia with fresh sanctions by the anniversary of Moscow´s invasion. By February 24th, "we aim to have the 10th package of sanctions in place," says Von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE
"The destiny of Ukraine is at stake, but our own fate also lies in the balance," says the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will ban the Russian-owned Russia Today and Sputnik as well as their subsidiaries in the Union. SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is shutting its airspace to "Russian-owned, Russian-registered, and Russian-controlled aircraft." SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says Brussels will propose to freeze the assets of the Russian central bank, in a major escalation of sanctions against Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking after a videoconference with the leaders of the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, she says the Western allies "will paralyse the assets of Russia's central bank." SOUNDBITE