U.S. Expands Russia Sanctions as Trump Meets Ukrainian Head
- Treasury adds Russian officials, mercenaries to sanctions list
- Penalties to stay until Russia meets Minsk terms, Mnuchin says
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine in the Oval Office of the White House on June 20, 2017, in Washington.
Photographer: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on more Russian companies and individuals as well as separatists in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine as President Donald Trump held White House talks with Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko.
The measures “are consistent with the U.S. commitment to seek a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine,” the Treasury said in a statement Tuesday. Sanctions over the fighting in eastern Ukraine “will remain in place until Russia fully honors its obligations under the Minsk Agreements,” while measures “related to Crimea will not be lifted until Russia ends its occupation of the peninsula.”