EU to ban Russian state-backed channels RT and Sputnik

Ursula von der Leyen says stations will ‘no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war’Russia-Ukraine war latest news: follow live updatesThe EU has announced it will ban the Russian state-backed channels RT and Sputnik in an unprecedented move against the Kremlin media machine.The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said: “Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin