U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States will work with its partners to impose “further costs on Russia” if it does not use its influence to help halt separatist violence in eastern Ukraine.
The White House said Biden spoke by telephone Wednesday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and that the two promised to “stay in touch” ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders next week.
The U.S. and EU imposed sanctions against a group of Russian individuals and companies after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March.
Pro-Russian separatists have for months mounted a rebellion in eastern …read more
Source: Voice of America
