MUNICH The European Unions leading diplomat stated that any talks between the United States and Russia were now obsolete following a drone strike at Ukraines Chernobyl nuclear reactor that Kyiv blamed on Moscow.It clearly shows that [the Russians] dont want peace, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told journalists on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
All these other talks have actually been absolutely outdated because of the battle of the nuclear station, bombing of civilians, bombing of civilian infrastructure.What depends on us today is to decide and talk about how we support Ukraine today in this endeavor because our worths havent altered, the goals of Russia havent altered either, so we require to stay with our ground and really see what is at stake here.Earlier today at the NATO defense ministers conference in Brussels, Kallas had actually implicated United States President Donald Trump of appeasement following his conversation with Russias Vladimir Putin and stressed that any peace offer should be worked out with European and Ukrainian involvement.Trumps Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to meet Friday throughout the three-day conference in southern Germany.
Zelenskytold journalists on Friday that he did not believe Washington had a ready-made strategy to end the war.Kallas, a former prime minister of Estonia, has actually long been a vocal supporter of Ukraine.
Throughout her premiership, Estonia contributed more aid per capita to Ukraine than any other country, at 3.55% of GDP.She hassaid Trump was best to criticize Europe for only investing an average of 1.9% of GDP on defense, saying it was clearly inadequate in comparison to Russias 9%.
Kallas informed The Moscow Times on Friday that Washington and Europe needed to provide comparable messages about supporting Ukraine and ending the war.I hope to keep joined with our American allies, since its Iran, Russia, likewise North Korea, but more covertly China teaming up versus us, so we require to stay with our ground, she said.