United Nations (United States - AFP) - The High Representative for Foreign Policy in the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced on Wednesday evening that the 27 member states of the bloc are considering imposing new sanctions on Moscow after the recent Russian "escalation".

At the conclusion of an extraordinary informal meeting held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the foreign ministers of the European Union countries, Borrell said that the ministers adopted a statement "strongly condemning the recent Russian escalation."

"We will continue to increase our military assistance and look into imposing new restrictive measures" against Russia , he told reporters.

"We will study and approve new restrictive measures against both persons and entities," Borrell said.

He explained that it was not possible to impose sanctions on Russia during Wednesday's meeting because it was not an official meeting, indicating that a final decision in this regard is supposed to be issued during an official meeting of the bloc.