US, UK, EU set to impose sanctions after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-uk-eu-set-to-impose-sanctions-after-putin-orders-troops-into-eastern-ukraine/

The United States, Britain and the European Union are expected to impose sanctions on Russia on Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions of Ukraine.

Moscow’s gambit triggered international condemnation, with a broader package of economic punishment to come in the event of further incursion into Ukraine’s territory.

The White House issued an executive order to prohibit US investment and trade in the separatist regions on Monday, and additional measures — likely sanctions — were to be announced Tuesday. Those sanctions are independent of what Washington has prepared in the event of a Russian invasion, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Putin’s move “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of the Ukraine.”

UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss promised new sanctions on Russia “in response to their breach of international law and attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”