EU diplomats reported that the foreign ministers, who were meeting in Brussels, have asked EU officials to put more separatists on the bloc's sanctions list.
However, there was no indication that Russia would be hit with additional EU sanctions.
The EU move follows elections held by the separatists earlier this month in the areas under their control, which were denounced by Western governments, as well as an upsurge in fighting between rebel and government forces despite a cease-fire reached in early September.
Witnesses reported fresh shelling in and around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Monday.
Ukrainian officials reported Monday that ten servicemen - seven soldiers and three policemen - were killed over the previous 24 hours in attacks at various locations in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Donetsk city officials reported that one civilian was killed and eight wounded in shelling over the weekend.
Government and rebel forces routinely accuse each other of breaking the September 5 cease-fire and shelling civilian areas.
‘Most dangerous place’
In an interview published Monday with Germany's Bild newspaper, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko called Ukraine "the most dangerous place in the world," alleging that "thousands" of Russian soldiers are inside his country along with hundreds of tanks and heavy artillery...................http://www.voanews.com/content/european-union-moves-to-sanction-east-ukraine-separatists/2523324.html
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Le secrétaire général de l'OTAN parle de la nécessité de sanctions économiques antirusses ...
ReplyDeleteLe secrétaire général de l'OTAN Jens Stoltenberg estime que les sanctions économiques contre la Russie sont une nécessité. Le chef de l’alliance a fait cette déclaration après son entretien avec le premier ministre de la Géorgie Irakli Garibachvili.
« En ce qui concerne les sanctions économiques, je les encourage. Mais je ne vais pas spéculer en ce qui concerne les décisions que prendra l’Union européenne »,a indiqué Stoltenberg. Selon lui, les sanctions sont nécessaires, car elles « indiquent clairement à la Russie que son comportement est passible de conséquences ».
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_17/Le-secretaire-general-de-lOTAN-parle-de-la-necessite-de-sanctions-economiques-antirusses-3582/
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