NATO leaders have agreed that Russia should face increased sanctions for its actions in eastern Ukraine during a summit in Wales today.
US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi sat down with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on the fringes of the summit.
A White House statement said the leaders reiterated their condemnation of Russia's continued flagrant violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
It said they had agreed on the need for Russia to face increased costs for its actions.
Meanwhile, President Poroshenko said a ceasefire plan aimed at ending a near five-month conflict in the east of the country would be signed tomorrow.
"Tomorrow in Minsk a document will be signed providing for the gradual introduction of the Ukrainian peace plan," he said.
"It is very important that the first element provides for a ceasefire."
Representatives of Kiev, Moscow, the separatist rebels and the pan-European security group the OSCE are due to meet in the Belarussian capital tomorrow.
However, Russia has several thousand combat troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles inside Ukraine, a NATO military officer has said.
NATO had previously said that "well over 1,000" Russian troops were operating inside Ukraine, marking a significant escalation of Moscow's military involvement in the country.
"We are still seeing several thousand Russian combat troops on the ground inside Ukraine, equipped with hundreds of tanks and armoured vehicles, so (there is) no substantial change in the disposition of Russian forces inside Ukraine," the NATO officer, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Around 20,000 Russian troops remain close to the Ukrainian border.
Russia's foreign minister has said Ukraine's drive to join NATO risks derailing progress made towards reaching a ceasefire and peace deal to end the conflict in the east of the country.
"Just when approaches are being explored to start resolving concrete problems between Kiev and the rebels, Kiev has called for ending its non-aligned status and beginning joining NATO," said Sergei Lavrov.
"This is an obvious attempt to derail efforts to start a dialogue on ensuring national security," Mr Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
He added Russia hopes that Kiev and the rebels would take on board a seven-point peace plan suggested by President Vladimir Putin when they meet tomorrow for talks in Minsk.
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