Hello and good morning. Angela Skujins penning your Thursday dispatch, with some hot news.
We just heard that after marathon talks EU ambassadors early Thursday morning approved the EU's 21st package of sanctions against Russia.
The previous hold out? As my colleague Jorge Liboreiro reports, maritime heavyweight Greece previously clung to its veto due to issues regarding a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its transport. We expect further reporting from Jorge today regarding the play-by-play of how this deal finally got done.
But before we go there, Latvian leader Andris Kulbergs said in exclusive comments on Euronews’ flagship morning news programme Europe Today that European politicians should ask themselves two major questions during the debate. Do they want Ukraine to win, or, "Do they want to earn money?"
"There's a choice. It's not both. So the sanctions has to be implemented," he said. Watch.
