Armed pro-Russian separatists seized more buildings in eastern Ukraine on April 14, expanding their control after the government failed to follow through on threatened military crackdown leaving Moscow's partisans essentially unopposed. European foreign ministers agreed to widen sanctions against Moscow and the White House said Washington was seeking ways to impose more "costs" on Russia, for what Kiev and its Western friends call a Russian plot to dismember Ukraine.
Reuters: Separatists tighten grip on east Ukraine, EU agrees more sanctions on Moscow
Ukraine's Acting President Oleksander Turchynov threatened to launch a military crackdown by 9 a.m. April 14, but as the deadline expired there was no sign of any action in Sloviansk.
