The high representative of the EU on foreign affairs and security policy Kai Callas emphasized the unity of the West in the issue of providing Ukraine guarantees and called on Russia to “leave the battlefield and sit down at the negotiating table.”
speaking at the first after the summer holidays of the captivity of the European Parliament dedicated to the international efforts aimed at the termination of the conflict. In Ukraine, in recent months.
, however, Russia responded even more aggressively. Last weekend, it inflicted the largest airline from the beginning of the war, ”she said.
according to Callas, Russian President“ is not interested in the world and will not stop the war until it was forced ”. About 169 billion euros were allocated to the conflict, including more than 63 billion euros of military assistance.
this year alone, support will be a record 25 billion euros. To date, 80% of the target for the supply of 2 million ammunition has been made, and by October we expect to reach 100%, ”Kallas said.
” Our signal to Moscow is simple: this war cannot be won. Leave the battlefield and sit down at the negotiating table with Ukraine, ”she emphasized.
the high representative also noted that the world cannot be allowed to re -make up and resume aggression.
” The West is one in the provision of security guarantees. There are serious obligations on the volunteer coalition table, ”Kallas said.
She recalled that the very next day after the coalition of the volunteers coalition on September 4 in Paris, Putin threatened to strike all Western forces in Ukraine, including peacekeepers. Kallas.
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Kallas also stated that Ukraine took important steps on the path to EU membership.