NATO countries are divided on how best to manage the next stage of the conflict in Ukraine and the uncertain period that promises to follow, The New York Times writes.
Central European members like Poland and the Baltic states want a total break with Moscow, two senior Western officials said.
But the countries like France, Germany and Turkey want to keep contacts with Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, regardless of the allegations of war crimes committed by his troops, the officials said.
Pushing for more sanctions. E.U. leaders are weighing a ban on buying Russian coal and a ban on Russian vessels in European ports. If approved, the measures would be the harshest the bloc has enforced so far. The United States is also expected to impose broad sanctions on two Russian banks.
