President Obama moved ahead on July 16 with new sanctions against Russian energy, banking and defense firms - only hours before European Union leaders took related action of their own.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Christian Science Monitor: Stressing coordination with EU, US tightens sanctions on Russia
People pose on July 14, 2014 while standing on the wreckage of a Ukrainian AN-26 military transport plane after it was shot down by a missile in the village of Davydo-Mykilske, east of Luhansk near the Russian border.
