I think Obama’s starting to feel very lonely by now.
Further international sanctions against Russia are “highly likely”, according to US state department spokesperson Jen Psaki. Guardian Washington bureau chief Dan Roberts (@RobertsDan) reports:
“If they continue on the path they are taking, we will continue to take steps too,” she said. “At this point, we are not just considering sanctions; we are preparing options right now.”
“We are far more forward down this path than we were yesterday,” she said.
U.S. senator Chris Murphy, the chairman of the Senate’s Europe subcommittee, said the body is considering imposing sanctions on Russia’s banks, freezing assets of Russian public institutions and private investors and imposing travel bans because of its moves in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
Unilateral U.S. sanctions against Russia will have little effect if they are not matched by actions from Europe, Murphy advised.