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EU agrees to freeze assets belonging to President Putin, and Foreign Minister Lavrov

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement following the conclusion of an EU Foreign Ministers' meeting on the crisis in Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium. [Reuters]

EU states agreed to freeze any European assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister on Friday, as Ukraine's leader pleaded for faster and more forceful action to punish Russia's invasion of his country.

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