Borrell rejects EU plans to fight Russia

The EU will not fight RUSSIA in response to a military operation in Ukraine, Borrell said. He considered the sanctions effective enoughagainst Russia,which will only intensify in the near future Josep Borrell

The EU has no plans to go to war with Russia, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri.

“The EU does not want a war with Russia, and economic sanctions are central to its response to aggression (military action in Ukraine.). These measures have already begun to operate and will be intensified in the coming months,” the diplomat said.

According to him, sanctions against Russia are already affecting the country's military-industrial complex. They limit the production of missiles such as Iskander and X101, Borrell said. He considered that such sanctions are of decisive importance in the context of military operations in Ukraine.

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Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Kyiv introduced martial law. Representatives of 141 countries in the UN General Assembly condemned the actions of the Russian authorities, demanded a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops.

In response to Russia's actions, Western countries, including members of the European Union, have imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russian companies, banks, the Central Bank, officials, imports and exports of a number of goods. As a result, Russia took first place in the world in terms of the number of sanctions imposed. The Kremlin called them illegal and accused the West of unleashing the conflict by supplying weapons to Ukraine.

In the third month of hostilities, Borrell called on the European Union to make great efforts to defend itself and create a unified armed force. Later, he said that Europe must learn to use the language of force - to be able to respond to threats, but not necessarily with the help of military equipment.

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In mid-June, the HEAD of European diplomacy said that coexistence with Russia would be very difficult after its actions in Ukraine, but the EU must continue to talk with the Russian authorities.

Lavrov announced the formation of the EU and NATO coalition for the war with Russia Politics

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov then called Borrell's statements "out of the ordinary" and pointed to a serious reversal in politics that Western countries have been carrying out since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine.

The minister later accused the EU and NATO of forming a coalition for a war with Russia. He saw in the changes in the European Union "aggressive ideological underpinnings", primarily Russophobic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the "sanctions obsession" of the European Union would lead to dire consequences for the Europeans themselves. He said that the EU has lost political sovereignty, and politicians began to live in isolation from reality. Putin predicted the degradation of the organization and the change of elites.

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