of the story we re getting from ukraine. but again, this was really a critical point. this is what sparked the fifth round of sanctions from the e.u. which considered a coal embargo. more evidence emerges, we are going see more of these economic weapons in play. let s talk about those economic weapons because, of course, e.u. did not sanction oil and gas which has been criticized somewhat. we are hearing now russia putting pressure on poland and bulgaria with gazprom warning it will cut off supplies if they pay in rubles. i remember when that warning came out, claire. you and i, i was on set with you. we were talking about this decision. will these countries pay in rubles? reporter: very unlikely that they will, isa. in terms of europe as a hole, there is really only one outlier in this, hungary says it will pay in rubles. others say they won t. their contracts essentially don t allow it.
European Union countries adopted an embargo on Russian coal and the closing of the bloc’s ports to Russian vessels as part of a fifth round of sanctions following allegations of Russian soldiers executing civilians in Ukraine.
(Bloomberg) Ukraine’s foreign minister pleaded for more weapons at a NATO meeting in Brussels, and called out Germany for being too slow to help. The United Nations General Assembly is set to vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, as U.S.