Debate continues within EU over how far to go with Baltic states pushing for toughest response
The west has struggled to maintain unity in response to the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine as the UK and the EU prepared to unveil the scale and scope of the sanctions to be imposed on the Kremlin.
A proposal to sanction a wide range of people and companies, including 351 members of the Russian Duma, over the decision to recognise the self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk is being resisted by Hungary, whose right wing leader Viktor Orbán has a warm relationship to Vladimir Putin.
