meantime, u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is headed to kiev today after meeting with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. the european union is ratcheting up the pressure on russia over its annexation of crimea. e.u. leaders announced a new round of sanctions against moscow thursday and say they plan to sign a political association pact with ukraine. nina december santos reported on that from brussels. >> reporter: leaders agreed to add 12 names to the list of individuals who will be facing sanctions. we're talking visa bans, travel restrictions and asset freezes for their role in russia's incursion into ukraine's crimean peninsula. now, officially the list will not be disseminated until at least friday. that is in accordance to an agreement between the 28 heads of state and government. but already cnn understands the number of key individuals very close to the russian president vladimir putin will be included in this list of sanctions. these include the likes of the