Washington Is Ready to Deepen and Broaden Sanctions Against Russia

The United States “has tools at the ready” to expand economic sanctions against Russia over its role in the Ukrainian crisis, the US State Department said Tuesday.

"The United States is finalizing measures to both deepen and broaden our sanctions across Russia's financial, energy and defense sectors," spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters, Censor.NET reports citing RIA Novosti.

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"We are finalizing these packages, but we are going to make decisions based on what's happening on the ground in the next few days," Harf said.

However, Marie Harf has acknowledged that the ceasefire between Kyiv and the self-proclaimed "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics" is "mostly holding."