WASHINGTON Hydro Flask 24 OZ Standard Mouth Lava Rood Belgie , Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Friday slapped tougher sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, targeting Russia's largest bank and leading energy and defense technology firms.


The United States added Russia's largest bank, Sberbank of Russia, to the existing prohibitions on U.S. persons providing equity or certain long-term debt financing and tightened the debt financing restrictions on six Russian banks, the Treasury Department said in a statement.


The new sanctions also banned U.S. individuals or companies from involving new debt of greater than 30 days maturity issued by Rostec, a major Russian defense conglomerate, and blocked the assets of five Russian state-owned defense technology firms.


In addition, the United States prohibits American entities from providing goods, services or technology to five Russian energy companies in relation to Russian deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects that have the potential to produce oil, according to the statement.


"Given Russia's direct military intervention and blatant efforts to destabilize Ukraine, we have deepened our sanctions against Russia today, in concert with our European allies," U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a statement.


"These steps underscore the continued resolve of the international community against Russia's aggression," Lew added.


In a statement issued on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama said the new round of punitive measures was implemented "in light of Russia's actions to further destabilize Ukraine over the last month, including through the presence of heavily armed Russian forces in eastern Ukraine."


Obama reiterated that the sanctions against Russia can be rolled back if it fully implements its commitments, but also warned of imposing tougher costs on Russia if it continues its " aggressive actions and violations of international law."


The U.S. move came after the European Union (EU) announced restrictive measures against Russia's financial and energy sectors on Thursday. The new Western sanctions against Moscow came despite that the Ukrainian government and rebels inked a ceasefire agreement last week in Minsk, capital of Belarus. The deal was expected to pave the way for a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday said that EU sanctions against Russia undermines the peace process to solve the Ukraine crisis.


"As the peace process in Ukraine is going on track, such decisions mean that the EU chose to disrupt it," Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's TV channel Russia 1.


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