The United States is negotiating with European partners on the expansion restrictions for Russia due to continue its aggression against Ukraine.

According to the Censor.NO with reference to UKRINFORM, this was announced on Wednesday, the speaker of the U.S. Department of State Jen Psaki.

"We continue to work closely with the EU in the direction of how to jointly raise the price for Russia because of her unacceptable behavior," said the state Department spokesman.

She said that the US, its allies and partners discuss the deepening of existing sanctions."

Psaki stressed that the United States continues to emphasize the need to establish long-term mode ceasefire in the East of Ukraine. "But what we see is a continuous violation of Minsk protocols Russia and its proxies," said she.

The speaker of the state Department stressed that "Ukraine has the right to defend themselves and their territory."

She also informed that the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations Samantha Power will speak at the UN security Council meeting on Wednesday. "Of course, we are concerned about the continuing violations of the Minsk-based protocols, we are also concerned about the tension in place, the message in the last days from NATO and the OSCE (on a large number of columns of military vehicles. - Ed.) "- commented Psaki position of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.

Source: http://censor.net.ua/