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| EU to keep Russia sanctions in place over Ukraine | |
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| The EU has decided to keep sanctions on Russia in place, judging that Ukraine's peace deal is not fully effective. | |
| EU ambassadors who met on Tuesday had noted some "encouraging developments" since the 5 September ceasefire was agreed, an EU spokeswoman said. | |
| But other parts of the peace deal "will need to be properly implemented", said the spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic. | |
| Sanctions target senior Russian officials, as well as Russia's oil industry, defence firms and banks. | |
| Western governments and the Ukrainian authorities in Kiev accuse Russia of supplying the separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine with heavy weapons and soldiers. | |
| Russia denies the allegations. EU and US sanctions have been in place since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March. | |
| At least 3,200 people have died in fighting since April in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and thousands of civilians have fled the conflict. | |
| More heavy shelling was reported on Tuesday in the Donetsk airport area. |