Here's the EU's fact sheet, courtesy of Brussels correspondent @RikardJozwiak:
EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in Eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea
From our Washington correspondent on the fresh U.S. sanctions on Russia. We'll be adding to this story through the night.
U.S. Adds Russian Banks, Shipbuilding Company To Sanctions List
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki speaking at a news briefing in Washington on the timing of U.S. claims that Russia violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987:
"We first raised this issue with Russia last year. That happens at [U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security] Rose [Gottemoeller's] level, which is the appropriate level -- the undersecretary level. Decisions need to be made in these cases based on whether these issues constitute noncompliance after a careful fact-based process, which includes diplomatic work and an interagency consideration process. That has been ongoing, as it was concluded the information is made available to Congress."
"To be clear this has nothing to do with Ukraine -- I understand there could be the perception -- and the timing is unrelated to [anything] having to do with Ukraine. There is a process that is [usually] undergone to review whether there is noncompliance and that was completed."
Obama: the U.S. sanctions against Russia announced today entail a "bigger bite," targeting that country's energy, finance, and arms sectors.
Obama: "not a new cold war."
Obama: "This is a choice that Russia, and particular President Putin, has made."
ITAR-TASS quotes a "ministry of information" for the "Donetsk People's Republic" denying that group was ending "cooperation" with the OSCE:
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic on Tuesday refuted media allegation that it planned to withdraw from cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
"The government of the Donetsk People's Republic has been efficiently cooperating with the OSCE mission for a long period," the republic's ministry of Information said, "A number of conditions to organize the investigation of the Malaysian Boeing crash were ensured in close contact with the OSCE; rounds of informal consultations on ceasefire with the Ukrainian side have been held with the OSCE participation."
Obama blames "Russia and its proxies in Ukraine" for failing to allow a proper investigation of the MH17 downing, curb destabilizing efforts, or end the cross-border supply of weapons.