Putin leaves G-20 early as Obama, European leaders meet on Ukraine

BRISBANE, Australia — President Barack Obama said Sunday (Monday in Manila) that world leaders agree that Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t following the “letter or the spirit” of his commitment to peaceful actions in Ukraine but that the sanctions in place against his regime are “biting plenty good.”

After a closed-door meeting with European leaders on the subject, Obama said the current level of isolation of Russia will continue as long as the country violates the principle that “you don’t invade other countries or finance proxies” that do.