EU - Jan 27

EU leaders have called upon their foreign ministers to consider imposing further sanctions against Russia when they meet this Thursday.  Amidst continual conflict between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebels, Russia has been repeatedly urged to observe the Minsk ceasefire deal, a September 5th, 2014 multistep plan to achieve a truce.  Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours, making the issues of sanctions and a ceasefire especially prudent.

Source: BBC News