EU hopes to avoid Ukraine war with talks and threat of sanctions

Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels to discuss Russia’s military threat to Ukraine and the continuing Covid-19 crisis (Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool Photo via AP)

The European Union has held a summit focused on preventing a Russian military invasion of neighbouring Ukraine with threats of unprecedented sanctions for Moscow and the promise of diplomatic talks.

On a day of diplomatic moves, Russia said it had submitted draft documents to the US outlining security arrangements that would preclude Nato’s expansion to Ukraine.