Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins and Lihuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte pose for media in Riga, Latvia February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said after Russia's announcement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities on Monday, upping the ante in a crisis the West fears could unleash a major war.
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