AlQa'dah 3, 1435, Aug 29, 2014, SPA -- Several European Union foreign ministers on Friday accused Russia of invading eastern Ukraine and said Moscow should be punished with additional economic sanctions, according to AP. The meeting of the 28-nation bloc's top diplomats in Milan came one day after NATO said Moscow slipped at least 1,000 Russian soldiers and much heavy weaponry into Ukraine. "We have to be aware of what we are facing: We are now in the midst of the second Russian invasion of Ukraine within a year," said Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, referring to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in March. "We see regular Russian army units operating offensively on the Ukrainian territory against the Ukrainian army," Bildt said. "We must call a spade a spade." Russia has rejected accusations that it invaded Ukraine. The foreign ministers were set to propose new sanctions against Russia for consideration at a summit of the bloc's 28 heads of state on Saturday in Brussels. All options except military action will be considered to punish Russia for pursuing "the wrong path," Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said. "The European Union should be ready to move forward with possible new measures against Russia because the situation is still getting worse," Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said. -- SPA 22:43 LOCAL TIME 19:43 GMT تغريد
