Extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Ukraine-Russia

The 27 leaders of the European Union agreed at an extraordinary meeting of the European Council.

As it became known, the meeting will take place on Thursday at 21.00 Greek time and of course the topic of discussion will be the situation and developments between Russia and Ukraine.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, wrote in the letter of invitation:

“The use of force and coercion to change borders has no place in the 21st century. I would like to thank you for the unity that has been shown in recent days, especially with the rapid adoption by the Council today of the sanctions package. The Russian Federation international law and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.It also undermines European security.

It is important that we continue to be united and determined and jointly define our collective approach and actions. Therefore, I would like to invite you to a special European Council on Thursday 24 February, which will take place with a physical presence in Brussels and will start at 20:00 (Brussels time).

I would like to discuss:

– the latest developments;
– how we protect the rule-based international order.
– how we treat Russia, in particular holding Russia accountable for its actions;
– how to further support Ukraine and its people.

“I look forward to seeing you tomorrow afternoon.”