Germany: ‘Extremely dangerous’ situation around Ukraine

The escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine has led to an “extremely dangerous situation,” a German government spokesman said today, as Ukraine and the EU reached an agreement in principle on a military advisory mission, according to the Ukrainian foreign minister. education in Ukraine.

Sanctions against Russia will be imposed if there are further violations of Ukrainian territory, said the representative of the German government, adding that the Western partners will decide what will be considered a violation of territorial territory.

German Chancellor Olaf Solz will speak to Putin by telephone this afternoon, the German government spokesman added during a regular briefing in Berlin.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told reporters in Brussels today that an agreement had been reached in principle between Minsk and Brussels on a European military training advisory mission to Ukraine.

“We have reached an agreement in principle with the EU that it will send an advisory mission on military training to Ukraine … it is not a combat force,” Kuleba said after meeting with EU foreign ministers.

As announced today by the Latvian Foreign Minister, the Foreign Ministers of the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania – will visit Ukraine later this week, in a show of solidarity.

The ministers will visit Ukraine from Wednesday to Friday, Edgars Rinkevics said.

The three Baltic states, unlike Ukraine, are members of NATO and the European Union.

Source: AMPE