European Union leaders have agreed to a sweeping second set of sanctions against Russia at an emergency meeting of the bloc in Brussels, writes DW.

The EU statement said the sanctions cover:

the financial sector,
the energy and transport sectors,
dual-use goods as well as export controls and export financing,
visa policy,
additional sanctions against Russian individuals.

However, both the EU and US decided for the time being not to cut Russia off from the SWIFT global interbank payments system, as demanded by Ukraine.