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A Ukrainian deputy prime minister overseeing the country’s push to join the European Union says she’s “100%” certain all 27 EU nations will approve making Ukraine a candidate for membership in the bloc.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that the U.S. is preparing new sanctions targeting Russia.

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says that Russia has violated a cease-fire agreement and attacks are ongoing in the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.

It’s not immediately clear who has been attacking civilian and military targets in Ukraine, although Russia has been the main military aggressor in recent days.

The U.S. and U.K. responded by announcing another round of sanctions, which aim to limit Moscow’s access to the global economy.

The top U.S. and Russian diplomats scrapped a meeting, hours after Biden announced new sanctions in response to what he called an “invasion” of Ukraine.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Russia plans to “manufacture a pretext for its attack” on Ukraine.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv closed and directed embassy staff to relocate to western Ukraine.