Ukraine crisis: Tough and emotional summit as EU leaders seek unity

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Just before the emergency EU leaders' meeting on Ukraine started, a Brussels official told us he thought this would be one of the toughest and most emotional EU summits ever.

From what I heard went on behind closed doors, he wasn't wrong.

Russia's actions in Ukraine impact many EU members directly. It feels personal to them.

Their belief: that Vladimir Putin has his eye on much more than Ukraine - that he wants to redesign the security architecture of Europe in his favour.

Countries in central and eastern Europe which used to be behind the Iron Curtain - now EU and Nato members - feel very exposed.

Particularly the Baltic States, which border Russia. They fear the Kremlin intends to destabilise them with cyber attacks and more disinformation campaigns, aimed at their ethnic Russian communities.

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