German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman has said Russia's actions inside Ukraine "add up to a military intervention."
It comes ahead of an EU summit that will consider fresh sanctions against Russia.
"Russia is strongly urged to refrain from all actions that mean a further escalation," said the spokesman, Steffen Seibert.
He pointed to a growing number of sightings of Russian fighters and arms inside Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Kiev must enter substantial talks with pro-Russian rebels amid a dramatic escalation of the fighting in Ukraine.
"It is necessary to make the Ukrainian authorities start substantial talks," he told youths at a pro-Kremlin summer camp in central Russia.
It comes as the United Nations said the conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people since mid-April.
The figure is included In its latest report, explaining the sharp increase by fighting in densely populated areas between Kiev's army and pro-Russian rebels.
The report noted that human rights violations like abductions and torture are "committed primarily by the armed groups" fighting the Ukrainian army.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama accused Russia of being responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine.
Mr Obama said the separatists there were trained, armed and funded by Russia.
In a press conference at the White House, he said the fighting in Ukraine was not the result of a home grown indigenous uprising, but had deep Russian involvement.
Mr Obama added new images of Russian forces inside Ukraine made Russia's role plain for all to see.
However, he said the United States and NATO would not be taking any military action against the separatists in Ukraine.
Earlier, NATO said about 1,000 Russian soldiers are now fighting alongside the separatists in eastern Ukraine, in what it called a significant escalation of Moscow's military involvement.
Meanwhile, the US Ambassador to the United Nations has accused Russia of lying about its role in eastern Ukraine.
Samantha Power was speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin did not respond to allegations that Russian soldiers were operating in Ukraine, but he urged the US not to intervene.
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