Today, ministerial meetings will be held in Brussels, dedicated, among other things, to the situation in Ukraine. In the morning there will be a discussion of the foreign ministers of the EU member states. Then they will meet with the heads of defense departments. Then in the evening, the heads of the ministries of defense will gather in their group.
During the meeting of EU foreign ministers, the topic of further sanctions against Russia will certainly come up, because Poland and the Baltic countries, demanding the most severe restrictions, each time renew their appeals. This was stated on Friday by the Polish Ambassador to the European Union at a meeting with representatives of 27 countries.
Working on the next package of sanctions
– Energy is crucial to cut off Russian aggressors from direct sources of funding. Yes, member states will suffer losses because of this, but Ukraine and its citizens, who are fighting for their freedom and also defending European freedom, suffer incomparably greater losses and victims, said Ambassador Andrzej Sados.
Work on the fifth package of sanctions against Russia has already begun. Talks are scheduled today between the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries and the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, Nicu Popescu.
strategic compass
In the afternoon, a joint meeting of the EU foreign and defense ministers was scheduled to discuss the so-called strategic compass for Europe. This is a document that sets out the threats and challenges for the Union. In the evening, the defense ministers of the member states – among themselves – will discuss the defense and military aspects of Russian aggression against Ukraine. Among other things, a conversation is planned with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.