The government is also conscripting reservists into the regular military as it braces for a possible invasion.
Highlights
- The EU is on the cusp of confirming its initial sanctions package.
- It follows a frantic 24 hours of talks between ambassadors, officials and foreign ministers.
- Final sign off hasn’t happened, but final sign-off hasn’t happened.
- The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles tweeted last night that, for some, there’d now be no more shopping in Milan, partying in Saint-Tropez or diamonds in Antwerp!
- The tweet, ridiculed in some quarters for not matching the seriousness of the situation, has since been deleted.
- The government is also conscripting reservists into the regular military as it braces for a possible invasion.