WASHINGTON:Top US officials warned against further Russian military aggression into eastern Ukraine as Americans and Western allies prepared to slap more sanctions on Russian officials and to protect the new government in Kiev.
Sanctions could be announced as soon as Monday, officials said, and would send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin following Sunday's vote on a Russian-backed referendum to split Crimea from Ukraine. The US rejected the vote and top lawmakers called it a sham.
"We are putting as much pressure on the Russians as we can to do the right thing," Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser at the White House, said Sunday on "Meet the Press."
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney issued a statement rejecting Sunday's referendum in the Crimean region and called Russia actions "dangerous and destabilizing."
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