
The United States and the European Union are ready to introduce a new, third package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, April 28. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a source familiar with the content of the telephone conference between US President Barack Obama and European leaders.
According to the sources of the agency, the EU is preparing to publish a list of 15 new representatives of the Russian authorities, who will be prohibited from entering the economic community, and their assets in the European Union are frozen. In addition, Brussels will continue to expand the sanctions list, focusing on those potential defendants who, according to European officials, contribute to the escalation of the situation in Ukraine.
The United States is also preparing to expand its sanctions list - both at the expense of individuals and enterprises, including at the expense of Vladimir Putin’s closest encirclement, the agency reports.
Earlier it was reported that the third package of Western sanctions may include specific restrictions against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In favor of such measures, in particular, the head of the White House Barack Obama spoke on Friday.
Against this background, the Pentagon on Friday was accused of the Russian military. According to the American military department, over the past 24 hours, Russian military aircraft invaded Ukrainian military.
Ukraine and Western countries seek steps from Russia in the de -escalation of the crisis in the eastern part of Ukraine and the disarmament of those who have seized administrative buildings in the region of militants, which they believe, controls Moscow.
On Friday, at a meeting of the Ukrainian government, the temporary prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russia of unleashing the Third World War.