Russia to top agenda at EU summit

Russia will be the main focus of an extraordinary summit of EU leaders in Brussels today and is likely to play a role in who gets the Union’s top jobs for the coming five years.

The situation in Ukraine is rapidly becoming an emergency issue especially with Kiev’s push to join Nato — which the EU leaders will hear about from Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko. His prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he wants to change their non-aligned status and join Nato.

EU leaders who want a tough line against Russia will insist on having a like-minded person in the job of council president.