Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that discussions with EU leaders possible scenarios strengthen sanctions against Russia.

in April of last year the Ukrainian authorities began in the Donbass force special operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 8 thousand people. The Ukrainian authorities and the West blame Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Russia denies it and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

The EU and the US imposed penalties against certain individuals, organizations, and entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment.

"After my meetings with the Chancellor (of Germany Angela) Merkel and President (Francois) Hollande in Berlin on 24 (August), we continued discussions with EU leaders about possible "red outline" for the Russian Federation, which must lead to an immediate response from the international brotherhood in the form of increasing the penalties, if these red lines will be crossed, " said Poroshenko reporters After meetings with the presidents of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council Donald Tusk.

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