Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow views the European Union as a hostile association. He said this in an interview he gave to the newspaper. “Arguments and Facts”.
“The European Union has “lost” Russia. But he will be blamed for this. After all, it is the EU member states and the leaders of the Union who openly declare the need to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. <…> For these reasons, we see the EU as a hostile association.”
Lavrov noted that in addition to arming Ukraine, the EU also sent trainers and mercenaries. According to him, Russia has drawn the appropriate conclusions and “will act tough if necessary”.
Josep Borrell, Head of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, said in a previous statement: meets To discuss the EU’s support for the Kyiv authorities with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Prior to that, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the leaders of the EU member states approved During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he said they would help the country defeat “aggression from Russia”.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.