The European Union will impose sanctions “against those involved” in Russia’s recognition of independence for Ukraine’s breakaway regions, the bloc’s top officials announced in a joint statement on Monday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel said they “condemn in the strongest possible terms” Russia’s recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent. “This step is a blatant violation of international law as well as of the Minsk agreements. The union will react with sanctions against those involved in this illegal act,” they said in …