The Russian president Vladimir Putin and the American one Joe Biden they “accepted the principle” of meeting at a summit, proposed by their French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and that “it can only be held if Russia does not invadeUkraine“. This was announced byElisha. This summit would then be extended to “all stakeholders” and would focus on “security and strategic stability in Europe”, the French presidency specified, adding that it will begin preparing this Thursday between the United States and Russia.
Ukraine: sources Moscow, yes to Contact Group summit on Donbass
There Russia is in favor of a meeting of Donbass Trilateral Contact Groupconsisting of Moscow, Kiev and Osce. This was reported by a Russian source to the Ria Novosti agency. “If Kiev and the Donbass agree to convene a meeting of the contact group, Russia, of course, will also participate”, said the source, “the intermediary functions oblige it”. Yesterday, after the telephone meeting between the presidents of Russia and France, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macrona source of the Elysée had reported that a meeting of the Trilateral Group was already taking place in these hours but sources in Moscow had denied, warning that time was needed to prepare a convocation of the group.
Ukraine: Borrell, work on sanctions done; we are ready
“The work on the sanctions is done, we are ready. When it is, we will convene an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers and I will present the sanctions at the right time”. This was stated by theHigh Representative of the EU for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, upon his arrival at the ongoing Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. “We are ready for sanctions at the right time, but we work and hope that that moment does not come,” he added.
Ukraine: 61,000 people evacuated from Donbass to Russia
About 61,000 residents of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been evacuated to Russia since last Friday. This was reported by the interim Minister for Emergencies of the Russian Federation, Alexander Chupriyan. Chupriyan also said nine trains with refugees from the Donbass were sent from the Rostov region to other regions of Russia. “So geography is expanding,” the interim minister said.
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