Prime Minister of Ukraine feels Russia wants to eliminate Ukraine from the map

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine perceives Russia as a monster that wants to gobble up Ukraine and restore the Soviet Union by eliminating Ukraine from the map bbc.com.
He has said that Ukraine was "still in a stage of war" with the "key aggressor" being Russia and even as Ukraine and Western countries accuse Russia of intervening and extending support to the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, Russia continues to deny this.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk has revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to take the entire Ukraine and has added that NATO was the "only vehicle" that can protect Ukraine. Of course, he has also indicated that Ukraine could not join the alliance in the short term.
A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 5 September but there are reports of Russian customs officials that a Russian aid convoy had crossed into eastern Ukraine. A similar convoy had entered the country last month without permission from Ukraine and it had sparked condemnation from the US and the EU.
The US government has imposed new sanctions on major Russian banks, defense and energy companies and due to these sanctions, US citizens will not be able to provide loans lasting longer than 30 days to Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank. The sanctions would also affect Rostec, a major technology and defense firm, and technology for Russia's oil industry. The Russian foreign ministry has denounced the new sanctions and have termed them as another hostile step in line with the confrontational course that is being taken by the US, and has promised retaliatory measures.
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NATO pushing Russia to the brink with new sanctions

Despite mounting pressure on Russia to bring normalcy to the disturbed regions in east Ukraine, and the adamant attitude of Russia, NATO is formulating tough new measures that would be designed to halt Russian aggression in Ukraine news.sky.com. These would be unveiled on the second and final day of a NATO summit in Wales.
It is expected that both the United States and European Union would join hands and come together to announce a new round of coordinated economic sanctions against Russia. This has been reported by US and British government sources.
The proposed sanctions would include restrictions on some of the country's all important energy firms apart from travel restrictions.
Speaking on the sidelines of the NATO summit, the Deputy White House national security adviser Ben Rhodes has indicated that the key point is that Russia must continue to face costs for its own escalation. Or, in short, if Russia escalates, the others would also escalate their pressure.
The conflict in Ukraine is set to top the agenda for the second day of the NATO summit, with western leaders accusing Russia of sending thousands of troops into the east of the country.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has cautioned that Russia's incursion into Ukraine poses the most serious security threat to Europe since the Cold War – of course, Moscow has consistently denied about any direct military involvement in Ukraine.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama and other senior NATO leaders have already met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko who has announced plans to order a ceasefire. His condition is that a peace plan should be agreed upon during separate talks in Minsk which would be attended by representatives from Ukraine, Russia and pro-Russian rebel forces.,br> Incidentally, Russian President Vladimir Putin has also expressed hopes that a truce will come into force later, two days after he unveiled his own seven-point peace plan.
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EU pushing Russia into a corner on Ukraine issue with threats of more sanctions

Leaders of the European Union have warned that Russia is "practically in a state of war against Europe" as the ongoing crisis in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and appears to be rapidly going out of control and approaching "the point of no return" nzherald.co.nz. As per latest figures of the UN, the death toll in the conflict stands at almost 2600.
At a summit in Brussels, the EU leaders have gathered to discuss toughened economic sanctions on Moscow – the sanctions are aimed at specific targets who are involved in Russia's finances namely, oligarchs who are linked to President Vladimir Putin and the country's vast mineral wealth.
The EU leaders have given Russia one week to reverse the course in Ukraine or, alternately, be prepared to face a new round of sanctions.
European Union President Herman Van Rompuy has revealed that the 28 leaders have agreed to take "further significant steps" if Moscow did not back down. The European Commission, which is the executive arm of EU, has been asked to produce options for new sanctions within a week.
Van Rompuy has remarked that everyone is fully aware that we have to act quickly given the evolution on the ground and the tragic loss of life of the last days.
Dalia Grybauskaite, the President of Lithuania and a staunch critic of Putin, has asked the EU to get serious as Russia's war in the Ukraine menaced peace in Europe for the first time in decades. She has added that Russia is practically in a state of war against Europe.
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