Upon their arrival at the European summit on Thursday 20 October, EU heads of state and government threatened Russia with extra sanctions due to the situation in Syria. EU-Russian relations and events in Syria were due to be discussed by the leaders over dinner.
The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, warned that it was difficult, indeed impossible, to talk about Russia and not mention the attacks on civilians and hospitals in Aleppo. He said the EU had to keep all options...