EU leaders to take final decision on Russia sanctions on Feb 12

European Union foreign ministers are likely to ask the European Commission on Thursday to prepare new sanctions against Russia, but the final decision whether to implement them would be taken by EU leaders at their summit on Feb 12, EU officials said. The new sanctions would be a response to renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed forces have launched an offensive, including on the south-eastern Ukraine city of Mariupol, where 30 civilians were killed by rebel shelling. "The mi