US, EU slap sanctions on Russia as violence surges in Ukraine (via AFP)

The United States and Europe hit Russia with fresh sanctions for failing to stop soaring tensions in Ukraine, where a pro-Moscow mayor was shot and badly wounded and rebels seized another town. As Western powers stepped up the pressure on Moscow over…

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