“I informed NATO partners today about the tense security situation on the ground,” Stefanishina wrote on Twitter.
According to her, "Russia is trying to move the discussion by threatening a new war, not taking a single step towards a peaceful settlement within the Minsk or Normandy formats."
The Ukrainian deputy prime minister added that "the Ukraine-NATO commission stressed that there should be a comprehensive deterrent package on the table, including painful sanctions."
As previously reported by Bloomberg, the United States authorities are considering the possibility of limiting the export of high-tech products to Russia in the event of its "invasion" of Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia knows how to respond to possible new US sanctions, which have already become classics.