President Putin faces the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine during a meeting in Berlin that ended early this morning Mikhail Palinchak / TASS / Getty ImagesFrance and Germany have threatened sanctions against Russia over Syria for the first time after a “very tough” meeting with President Putin in Berlin that ended early this morning without a breakthrough. President Hollande of France condemned the bombing of Aleppo as a war crime and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, described it as inhumane and cruel. The meeting came before all 28 EU leaders were due to convene in Brussels tonight and discuss the conflict and possible measures against Moscow. The Russian president said he told the two European leaders that the Kremlin was “intending to extend as far…

Source: The Times October 20, 2016 10:52 UTC