European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday are expected to approve sanctions that will target Russian oligarchs in response to the suspected downing of a jetliner by Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, diplomats said.

But the ministers, meeting in Brussels, aren't yet expected to support a more forceful response to the shootdown of the Malaysia Airlines jet, in part out of fear the rebels and Russia could prevent the repatriation of the passengers' dead bodies to Europe, diplomats said. (Follow the latest updates on...