Looks like sanctions may be on the cards here......
17:41: US Senator John McCain has released a strongly-worded statement: "Every moment that the United States and our allies fail to respond sends the signal to President Putin that he can be even more ambitious and aggressive in his military intervention in Ukraine. There is a range of serious options at our disposal at this time without the use of military force. I call on President Obama to rally our European and NATO allies to make clear what costs Russia will face for its aggression and to impose those consequences without further delay."
17:35: The EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has announced on Twitter that EU foreign ministers will hold crisis talks in Brussels on Monday. It will be the second such EU meeting on Ukraine in two weeks. The first meeting led to sanctions being imposed on Viktor Yanukovych's government.
17:42: The UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has tweeted "we oppose decision to deploy Russian troops on Ukrainian soil against wishes of #Ukraine gov and condemn any act of aggression." In a separate tweet, he added "We support Ukrainian gov's request for urgent consultations in accordance with 1994 Budapest Memorandum signed by UK, US, Russia, #ukraine."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26400597
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