French President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday in the next few days if It does not begin to apply the ceasefire proposed by Ukraine along with its allies. European sanctions could target at financial services and oil and gas sectorsaid Macron in an interview for the French TF1 station, TASR writes according to AFP report.
“Our intention is to introduce sanctions,” declared Macron, who, together with the leaders of Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Britain on Saturday in Kiev, agreed on the proposal 30-day unconditional stopping of the fighting. This initiative did not convince Russian President Vladimir Putin, who instead called for direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, what you It also received support for US President Donald Trump.
French President said in an interview that is need to help Ukraine to defend yourself, But that Europe does not want to unleash the Third World War. In his words, Ukraine is aware that he is currently unable to recover all its territories that Russia has annexed or conquered over the past more than ten years.
“The war must end and Ukraine must be in the best possible situation to start negotiations … Even the Ukrainians have enough perspective to say that they do not have the capacity to get back everything that has been occupied since 2014, ”he said.
Russia currently controls approximately a fifth of the Ukrainian territory, but does not fully control any of the four Ukrainian regions, which in violation of international law annexed in September 2022 – Zaporožská, Luhanská, Donetská and Cherson. Fully controls only the Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula, which annexed in 2014. This was preceded by a short military operation and a referendum that Kiev and Western powers call illegal.
The European Union against Russia has already introduced 16 sanctions packages for its invasion of Ukraine. Next is currently under preparation, but diplomats according to Reuters point out that It is increasingly difficult to achieve unanimity needed among the 27 EU Member States when taking new measures.
