Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

In today's Daily Vertical, Brian Whitmore offers his thoughts on her release yesterday:

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EU's Tusk "quite sure" Russia sanctions will be extended:

By RFE/RL

EU Council President Donald Tusk says he is "quite sure" that the bloc will renew its economic sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine "in the next two or three weeks without huge discussions."

"I want to state clearly that our stance vis-a-vis Russia, including economic sanctions, will remain unchanged as long as the Minsk agreements are not fully implemented," Tusk also said on May 26 ahead of a G7 summit in Japan.

There have been calls on the EU to drop the measures, with French lawmakers adopting a nonbinding resolution last month calling for a lifting of the sanctions targeting Russia's oil, defense, and banking sectors.

The EU sanctions, which were adopted in 2014, are due to expire at the end of July.

This ends our live blogging for May 25. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.