Borrell: New EU sanctions on Russia could be agreed Thursday or Friday

A fifth round of European Union sanctions on Russia, including a ban on coal imports, could be agreed by the bloc on Thursday or on Friday, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said.

"Maybe this afternoon, or tomorrow at the latest," he told reporters as he arrived at a NATO meeting.

"We have been following a progressive approach. Now we are accelerating," Reuters cited him as saying.