Sanctions Have Been Imposed On Ukraine

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fgHihCxJE1A" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ukraine Sanctions Imposed Amid Kiev Clashes -- BBC</b></span></div><br /><i>European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials "responsible for violence and excessive force".</i><br /><br />In a statement, they said targeted sanctions including asset freezes and visa bans would be introduced "as a matter of urgency".<br /><br />At least 21 anti-government protesters died in clashes in Kiev on Thursday.<br /><br />Officials said that one policeman had also died and that 67 police had been captured by protesters.<br /><br />"No circumstances can justify the repression we are currently witnessing," the statement from EU foreign ministers said.<br /><br />EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the "prime responsibility" to get talks between the two sides under way lay with President Viktor Yanukovych.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26280710">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The EU Imposing Sanctions On Ukraine</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/eu-ministers-impose-sanctions-against-ukrainian-officials-responsible-for-violence-1.1696032">EU ministers impose sanctions against Ukrainian officials responsible for violence </a>-- AP<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140220/eu-sanctions-ukrainians-blood-their-hands">EU sanctions Ukrainians with 'blood on their hands'</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914204579394461852462306?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304914204579394461852462306.html">EU Approves Sanctions on Ukraine</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/ukraine-eu-idINDEEA1J0FT20140220">EU hits Ukraine with sanctions, threatens more over bloodshed</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/world/europe/Ukraine-Crisis-Diplomacy.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0">European Union Imposes Sanctions in Ukraine Crisis</a> -- New York Times<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140220-715703.html">EU Ministers Approve Sanctions on Ukraine</a> -- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/20/ukraine-eu-foreign-ministers-agree-sanctions-officials">EU foreign ministers agree sanctions against Ukrainian officials </a>-- The Guardian<br /><a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/eu-acts-over-ukraine-as-deaths-rise-30027610.html">EU acts over Ukraine as deaths rise</a> -- Belfast Telegraph<br /><a href="http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/united-states-bans-visa-issuance-to-about-20-senior-ukrainian-government-officials-337188.html">United States bans visa issuance to about 20 senior Ukrainian government officials</a> -- Kyiv Post

Sanctions Have Been Imposed On Ukraine

Ukraine Sanctions Imposed Amid Kiev Clashes -- BBC European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials ...

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