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EU leaders will discuss Omicron, migration, energy prices, strategic autonomy, Belarus and Ukraine at their end-of-year summit (Photo: European Council)

EU summit to warn Russia of 'severe cost' over Ukraine

EU leaders are expected to warn Vladimir Putin not to push further with the military aggression against Ukraine - or pay a high cost, at their summit in Brussels on Thursday (16 December).

The EU-27 are expected to reiterate their full support for Ukraine and tell Russia that "further military aggression against Ukraine will have massive consequences and severe cost in response", according to a draft statement by leaders seen by EUobserver.

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

EU leaders will discuss Omicron, migration, energy prices, strategic autonomy, Belarus and Ukraine at their end-of-year summit (Photo: European Council)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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