WASHINGTON: The United States and Europe will slap new sanctions against Russia this week in the wake of its continued assistance to rebels in eastern Ukraine, U.S. media reported Monday.

"We expect the European Union to take significant steps" this week to target Russia's economy, news website The Hill quoted Tony Blinken, U.S. President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser, as saying.

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