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For us, it will be important to continue to support Ukraine significantly — as the European Union as a whole, as allies and friends and as individual countries,
Scholz told reporters in Brussels
Ukraine is currently the front line of European defense, resisting a war of aggression driven by the single greatest threat to our common security,
the document saysNow the ball is really in Russia’s court here. They’re the ones that aren’t seeking an immediate ceasefire,
he told Sky News
With each such launch, the Russians expose to the world their true attitude towards peace,
Zelensky wrote on social mediaEurope has embarked on a path of militarization and has turned itself into something of a war party,
he added
We must continue our support with a clear position that a just peace must be possible for Ukraine,
the outgoing chancellor said as he headed into a summit of European Union leaders
We will now be able to do what we must as a big state in the middle of Europe,
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All emergency services are working hard to clear the aftermath,
the TASS news agency cited Busargin as saying
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For the most part, the signals from Brussels and European capitals concern plans to militarize Europe,
Peskov told reporters
I've proposed an initiative to really go for the ones that President Zelenskyy needs: Ammunition in the amount of €5 billion so we should at least start to have really concrete steps, not only words but also deeds that we are helping Ukraine right now,
Kallas saidYesterday evening, another Russian strike hit our energy infrastructure. We in Ukraine face this every day and night, you know it. And despite Putin's words about allegedly being ready to stop the attacks — nothing has changed,
Zelenskyy saidBecause the stronger they are on the battlefield, the stronger they are behind the negotiation table,
Kallas emphasizedSanctions must remain in place until Russia starts withdrawing from our land and fully compensates for the damage caused by its aggression,
Zelenskyy was quoted as sayingPutin must stop making unnecessary demands that only prolong the war and must start fulfilling what he promises the world,
Zelenskyy told EU leaders while adding that sanctions needed to remain in placeThe advent of the Trump administration has given history a shove, and concentrated minds about what needs to be done,
summed up Ian Lesser of the German Marshall Fund think tank
Many taboos have been shattered in recent weeks,
said Lesser, on everything from deterrence to financeThis has really helped turn a page with the United Kingdom,
said Camille Grand, policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign RelationsIt's clear that a Europe that takes defence, not just more seriously, but more autonomously, is going to want to include new actors including Britain, Norway but also Turkey,
said Lesser, who also sees a chance of a "stronger European pole" within NATO emerging in times aheadRight now, it's not there,
the bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas acknowledged WednesdaySo those who say that we should cut out the non-Europeans are shooting themselves geopolitically and economically in the foot,
the diplomat said