EU Says Ready To Make Russia Pay ‘Hefty Price’ For Annexation

The European Union Bloc refuses to recognize results of  what they call ‘sham’ referendums by Russia saying it is an ‘illegal’ annexation .

The European Union is ready to make the Kremlin pay a “hefty price” for the latest escalation of the conflict in Ukraine by announcing the annexation of four regions, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions, EU official said on Thursday.

Dana Spinant, the European Commission’s deputy chief spokesperson, told a daily news briefing.

Referring to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s recent announcement on the bloc’s eighth sanctions package against Russia, she asserted that the EU is “ready to make the Kremlin (pay) a hefty price for this new escalation.”

The EU also asked UN nations to follow its example and not recognize this “illegal” annexation, “as Russia is stepping up from its escalation to actually grabbing territories from Ukraine,”