EU leaders have made a decision to extend the economic sanctions on Russia for six months, TASS reported referring to a source in one of the delegations.

"The leaders agreed to extend sanctions for six months more," the source noted.

According to the source, this decision came after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron informed the rest of the leaders on the implementation of the Minsk agreements to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. 

Restrictive measures against Russia are tied to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, he noted adding that the leaders came to the conclusion that there was no significant progress in this process, and therefore it was decided to extend the sanctions.