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Ashton broke news of the new 'Ukrainian Plan' in an interview with the Wall Street Journal at a security congress in Munich over the weekend (Photo: securityconference.de)

Ashton off to Kiev with new financial offer

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton is going to Kiev to offer money in exchange for a political solution to the crisis, as the number of pro-sanctions EU countries grows.

Ashton’s officials gave some details of the new financial offer to EU ambassadors in the Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels on Monday (3 February).

They said it will be conditional on President Viktor Yanukovych making concessions to opposition demands, but not on his signature of an EU ass...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Ashton broke news of the new 'Ukrainian Plan' in an interview with the Wall Street Journal at a security congress in Munich over the weekend (Photo: securityconference.de)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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