Ukraine, von der Leyen: “A huge sanctions package is ready”
There war in Ukraine continues and now Putin’s troops are just a few kilometers away Kievalready today i Russians they could take over the capital and overthrow the government Zelensky. Despite this USA And Born continue to prefer the way of sanctions for fly. It ended after two in the morning on Extraordinary European Council summoned Thursday evening in Brusselsin which for more than five hours EU leaders discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, of the “huge” package of sanctions against Moscow and the reception of refugees. “A long debate,” said the President of the European Council Charles Michel in the final press conference, from which the EU emerges “united” with its allies in defending international law trampled on by Russia.
The president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen stressed that the president “Vladimir Putin decided to bring back the war in Europe“And that” these events mark the beginning of a new era“. The French president Emmanuel Macronwho leads the current EU presidency, said that «the Union has decided together to inflict a strong blow to RussiaAnd to Belarus which is “accomplice”. He also said that “there was duplicity” on the part of Putin: «He chose to unleash the war when diplomatic paths were still open».
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