EU Council President António Costa, meanwhile, committed to membership of the attacked country in the European Union. “The future of Ukraine is in the European Union. And the security of Ukraine is the security of Europe,” he said in a video that was published on platform X during the night. “We want a fair, fair and permanent peace like you.” You have been standing on the side of Ukraine since the first day and will continue to be at her side, said Costa and emphasized: “Today we are all Ukrainians.”
Of the Leyen, who was often in Kiev in three years of war, many of her EU commissioners bring about advice with the Ukrainian government. According to Selenskyj, Selenskyj also expects representatives of 13 other countries in Kiev, including Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Another 24 countries should be switched on by video.
In Brussels, the EU Foreign Minister will days that want to decide a new package with Russia sanctions. Among other things, it provides for new trade restrictions as well as measures against Russian media and the so -called Russian shadow fleet. This means tankers and other cargo ships with opaque owner structures that the Kremlin uses to avoid sanctions, for example during oil transport.
France’s President Macron had advised himself to Ukraine with European state and government heads last week. At the meeting with Trump, he first wants to express the commonality that France also supports the end of the Russian war of attack. From the Élysée Palace it was said that he had concrete proposals for action. Details were not given.
France’s Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu told the newspaper “Le Parisien”, Macron pursued two goals at Trump: “The conversations between the Americans and the Russians on the security interests of Ukraine and also to our steering (…) and see how we Europeans Ukraine can help to pay for his security if the weapons are silent tomorrow. ” Among other things, it is considered whether and how European countries could send soldiers to Ukraine in order to secure peace there.
According to the British information, Macron and Starmer agreed that Ukraine must be at the center of all negotiations and should not be ignored. The European countries and non-EU member Great Britain would have to improve their own security and further support Ukraine against Russian aggression.
