After Russia called reservists to fight in Ukraine and Putin threatened to use nuclear power, foreign ministers got together European Union An emergency meeting on Wednesday evening on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York to discuss possible new sanctions against Moscow.
In detail, the head of foreign policy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced that the 27 member states of the bloc have discussed imposing new sanctions on Moscow after the latest Russian escalation.
He added, at the conclusion of an extraordinary informal meeting held in New York, that European ministers adopted a statement strongly condemning the recent Russian escalation.
He also stressed the continuation of the increase in European military aid and the research into the imposition of new restrictive measures against Russia.
Borrell, who is expected to speak to the United Nations Security Council in Ukraine on Thursday, warned that the threat of nuclear weapons is a real danger to the whole world, stressing the need for the international community to act in the face of this threat.
He saw that Putin is trying to intimidate Ukraine and all the countries that support it, but according to him he will fail.
New sanctions await Russia
In turn, German Foreign Minister Annalina Birbock told reporters that the meeting will discuss Putin’s speech, in which she announced the convening of reservists, threatening to use nuclear weapons.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also commented on Putin’s speech, according to which new sanctions await Russia.
This came after I confirmed last week that successive rounds of EU sanctions against Russia are designed to stay and that Europeans must maintain their resolve against Moscow.
nuclear wave
Interestingly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced earlier Wednesday the first military mobilization in his country since World War II and supported a plan that could lead to the annexation of large swaths of Ukraine.
The Kremlin master also warned the West that he was not cheating when he said he was ready to use nuclear weapons to defend his country.
In the biggest escalation of the war in Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation on February 24, Putin has openly increased the chances of nuclear conflict and approved a plan that could lead to the annexation of large areas of Ukraine equal to the size of Hungary. , and called about 300,000 reservists.
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