Obama: we are preparing new sanctions against RussiaUnited States President Barack Obama said on Friday that the US and European Union are still prepared to impose sanctions against Russia if the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate following the signing of a ceasefire agreement, RT reports.Speaking in Newport, Wales at a major NATO summit, Pres. Obama expressed skepticism over a pact signed only hours earlier in Minsk.“Obviously we are hopeful,” RT quotes Obama as saying about the ceasefire, “but based on past experience, also skeptical that, in fact, the separatists will follow through and the Russians will stop violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
United States President Barack Obama said on Friday that the US and European Union are still prepared to impose sanctions against Russia if the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate following the signing of a ceasefire agreement, RT reports.
Speaking in Newport, Wales at a major NATO summit, Pres. Obama expressed skepticism over a pact signed only hours earlier in Minsk.
“Obviously we are hopeful,” RT quotes Obama as saying about the ceasefire, “but based on past experience, also skeptical that, in fact, the separatists will follow through and the Russians will stop violating Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
