War in Ukraine: A fifth package of EU sanctions is coming against Russia

One fifth package of sanctions against Russiain which an embargo on coal imports will be included, the EU is likely to agree as early as today or tomorrow, said European Foreign Minister Josep Borrell. “Maybe this afternoon or tomorrow at the latest,” Borel told reporters as he attended a meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

For her part, German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock said she had invited her NATO counterparts to an informal conference in Berlin in May to coordinate their response to the war in Ukraine.

Earlier today, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Koulempa He stressed that his country would insist on a full embargo on gas and oil exports from Russia due to its invasion. Alongside, asked for more weapons to be given to his country.

“We will continue to insist on a full embargo on oil and gas”the Ukrainian minister told reporters from his headquarters NATO in Brussels, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg, in view of a meeting with his counterparts from NATO member countries.

“I just asked for three things: guns, guns and weapons. The sooner they are delivered, the more lives will be saved and the more disasters will be prevented. “added Couleba, as broadcast by the French Agency and rebroadcast by the Athenian News Agency.

The Ukrainian minister called on NATO member states to send more aircraft, anti-aircraft defense systems, missiles and military vehicles to his country.

Source: News Beast

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