The European Union has agreed to place Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on its list of sanctioned individuals following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday.

"The only leaders in the World who are sanctioned by the European Union are Assad from Syria, Lukashenko from Belarus and now Putin from Russia," he said after an EU foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels.

Borrell said the ministers also agreed to impose sanctions against Belarusian nationals "who collaborate with the Russian military aggression against Ukraine."

The U.S. also announced it will be sanctioning President Putin and his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov over invasion of Ukraine.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that following a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President Joe Biden and his administration determined it would issue the sanctions.

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