Published: 9:14PM Saturday August 30, 2014 Source: AP
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European Union leaders are poised to slap additional sanctions on Russia because of what they condemn as a continued destabilisation of Ukraine and a deepening military involvement by Moscow.
Today, the 28-nation bloc's heads of state and government were also set to discuss possible further assistance for Ukraine as the country's president, Petro Poroshenko, was expected to brief the leaders in Brussels on the situation.
Additional EU sanctions would aim at inflicting more economic pain in hopes of changing what is viewed as Russian meddling in Ukraine.
The fighting in eastern Ukraine between the military and Russian-backed separatists has left almost 2,600 people dead, according to UN figures.
NATO said this week Moscow has slipped at least 1,000 Russian soldiers and much heavy weaponry into Ukraine.
Entities 0 Name: Ukraine Count: 5 1 Name: Moscow Count: 2 2 Name: Petro Poroshenko Count: 1 3 Name: AP Related European Union Count: 1 4 Name: UN Count: 1 5 Name: NATO Count: 1 6 Name: EU Count: 1 7 Name: Brussels Count: 1 8 Name: Russia Count: 1 9 Name: Russian Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1AZIptA Title: Ukraine's President in Brussels for EU Talks on Russian Separatists Description: Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko arrived in Brussels Saturday where he will try to persuade the European Union to do more to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from supporting Ukraine's separatist rebels. Earlier Saturday, Ukrainian military officials said a fighter jet was shot down by a Russian missile during fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country.
