The Guardian:
EU to consider further oil, gas, defence and financial penalties if Putin does not encourage rebels to allow access to crash site.
The UK will urge other European leaders to consider imposing oil, gas, defence and banking sanctions against Russia over its role in the Malaysian plane disaster in Ukraine if the situation does not improve, Downing Street has said.
David Cameron‘s official spokesman confirmed the UK wanted to discuss so-called “tier 3” sanctions against Vladimir Putin‘s government at an EU meeting on Tuesday, going further than the current “tier 2” plan to freeze assets and ban travel for members of the president’s inner circle.
The prime minister was expected to make a statement to the House of Commons on Monday about the crisis in Ukraine ahead of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in Brussels and a UN security council meeting.
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