EU's Barroso warns Russia not to underestimate EU resolve

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Russia on Saturday that the EU was ready to defend its principles in the confrontation over Ukraine and called for a political solution before the crisis reached a "point of no-return". "Russia should not underestimate the European Union's will and resolve to stand by its principles and values," Barroso told a joint news conference in Brussels with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He said it was not too late for a political solution. (This story has been refiled to fix a typo in headline) (Reporting by Adrian Croft; and Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Foo Yun Chee)