Australia will expand its sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of eastern Ukraine.<br /><br />Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday said sanctions would target Russian individuals abetting the aggression against Ukraine, as well as financial entities and Russian-backed separatist regions in Donetsk and Luhansk.<br /><br />Mr Morrison also flagged that the sanctions were only the first step in responding to Russian aggression, and that these would ramp up if Russia continued escalating the conflict.
