Kerry Says Further Sanctions on Russia Will Be Discussed Over Ukraine

LONDON — Nearly one week after a cease-fire was supposed to have gone into effect in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he and his British counterpart would discuss the imposition of additional sanctions in response to Russia’s “brazen” violations of the agreement.

“We are talking about additional sanctions, additional efforts,” Mr. Kerry said at the start of his meeting with Philip Hammond, the British foreign secretary.

“We know to a certainty what Russia has been providing to the separatists,” Mr. Kerry said. “We’re not going to sit there and be part of this kind of extraordinarily craven behavior at the expense of the sovereignty and integrity of a nation.”

The panel reported that Britain had only three military personnel outside the Kurdish region of Iraq, compared with Australia’s 400, Italy’s 280 and Spain’s 300.

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The New York Times