Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

EU prepares more Russia sanctions; Kremlin readies offensive

The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) The body of a local citizen who was killed in Russian shelling, lies on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Union and Ukrainian officials attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center right, and European Council President Charles Michel, center left, arrive for a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel, during the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters put out a fire after Russian shelling hit a shopping center in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters put out a fire after Russian shelling hit a shopping center in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) A Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighter puts out a fire after Russian shelling hit a shopping center in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, center, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, attend a working session at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A stray dog sits near the dead body of a local citizen, killed in Russian shelling that hit an industrial area in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks with European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after addressing a media conference during the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)