Top diplomats of the European Union (EU) agreed on Monday to uphold sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea and its role in the Ukraine conflict. EU foreign ministers, who were gathering for a foreign affairs council meeting in Brussels, said that fighting has escalated between Ukrainian government forces and independence-seeking insurgents over the past week in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 36 people, including civilians, and wounding dozens.

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