The European Union has prepared a firm and united position on Russia "in the event of aggression against Ukraine", which the leaders of the 27-nation bloc will discuss at an EU summit on Thursday. This was stated on Wednesday by the head of the European Council Charles Michel at a press conference after the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, TASS reports.
"As for Ukraine and the developments around it, the militarization of Russia, we have prepared a very firm and united position, which will be discussed at tomorrow's summit," he said. The head of the European Council stressed that the EU is ready to impose additional sanctions on the Russian Federation if necessary. "We are ready to impose additional sanctions if necessary," he said.
European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen said that all participants in the EU-Eastern Partnership summit had called on Russia to de-escalate on the border with Ukraine. "We share the concern about the escalation of the Ukrainian border. "We call on Russia to de-escalate and refrain from any aggressive action," she said.
"Possible Russian aggression against Ukraine" will be one of the main topics at the EU summit on December 16 in Brussels. In addition, as part of the discussion of the situation in Ukraine, the leaders of the 27 countries will make a political decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months, which are linked to the implementation of Minsk agreements on the Ukrainian settlement, he told TASS. source from the delegation of one of the Community countries to the Council of the EU.
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