By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent
David Cameron has said the UK will push for an EU-wide travel ban to be imposed on a number of "prominent Russian MPs" if talks over the Ukraine fail to materialise.
The Prime Minister said Britain had "put on the table" the idea of targeting high-profile individuals.
He refused to provide a specific number but Downing Street sources suggested it was likely to be between 15 and 20 MPs who had backed the "violation" of Ukraine's territory.
"I'm not naming names today," Mr Cameron said, although he did outline the type of politicians he wanted to include.
"The criteria is people who have been pushing for the unacceptable steps that have been taken."
Sources argued the focus would be on travel bans rather than asset freezes because the Russian politicians involved did not tend to have significant assets.
They would not confirm whether Russian oligarchs could also be targeted.
Speaking during a flight to Israel and the occupied territories, the Prime Minister said he wanted Russia to take part in talks with the "contact group" as part of the first phase of action over Ukraine.
But he added: "If the contact group doesn't get going and make some progress, then we move to the second phase which will include asset freezes and travel bans.
"We would be pushing for those travel bans to include certain prominent Russian MPs. We had a meeting yesterday in London with partners about this (and) put that on the table."
Mr Cameron said these were "tough and important" measures.
The Prime Minister will hold bilateral talks with both the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his trip, and said he would also be "following progress in Ukraine closely".
He hit back at claims the UK has failed to take as strong a stance as the US over the crisis in Ukraine.
"The European Union meeting surprised me," he said.
"Everyone was expecting the US would take a series of steps and the EU would fall short.
"Britain played a vitally important role bringing countries together, bringing together the Poles who, like us, want to see strong action with other countries to forge a consensus and find a way through this."
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