EU Sanctions On Ukraine To Include Asset Freezes, Visa Bans

EU Sanctions On Ukraine To Include Asset Freezes, Visa Bans
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton arrives on February 20, 2014 to attend an extraordinary ministers of Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on the Ukrainian situation. The European Union will look at a possible ban on the sale of anti-riot equipment and arms to Ukraine as well as other sanctions at talks in Brussels on February 20. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton arrives on February 20, 2014 to attend an extraordinary ministers of Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on the Ukrainian situation. The European Union will look at a possible ban on the sale of anti-riot equipment and arms to Ukraine as well as other sanctions at talks in Brussels on February 20. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)

BRUSSELS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to impose sanctions on Ukraine, including visa bans, asset freezes and restrictions on the export of anti-riot equipment, ministers and officials said.

The restrictions, to be drafted into law in the coming days, will apply to those involved with ordering or orchestrating the violence in Kiev that has left nearly 60 people dead.

Proposals for a ban on arms exports were dropped.

"The EU decides as a matter of urgency on asset freeze and visa ban on those responsible for violence and excessive force in Kiev," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said in a tweet. (Reporting by Adrian Croft, writing by Barbara Lewis)

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