Reference to €90bn loan and 20th sanctions package dropped from EU statement on Druzhba pipeline

A sentence linking the repair of the Druzhba oil pipeline to a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine and the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia has been removed from a joint statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa dated 17 March.

By Tetyana Vysotska,VALENTYNA ROMANENKO