US President Barack Obama and his European counterparts agreed on Tuesday (March 3) to act quickly to impose additional costs on Russia if peace agreements in the Ukraine conflict were not implemented.
“The leaders expressed their hope for the successful and complete implementation of the Minsk agreements and agreed that the easing of current sanctions would be linked to the full implementation of these agreements,” the White House said in a statement.
“They also affirmed their determination to act quickly and in unison to impose significant additional costs, if serious violations of the Minsk agreements occur or if Russian-backed separatists seek to gain new territory.”