Europe mulling five responses to Russian aggression, while Ukraine only has one - Zelensky

16.12.2021 11:21

Ukrinform

European partners are considering five ways to respond in the event of an escalation of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, while Ukraine has only one, which it has already demonstrated in 2014, when the country began to defend its territory.

This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky who spoke with journalists in Brussels on Wednesday, December 15, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Today, we discussed the security situation and the reaction to the dangerous possible escalation on the part of the Russian Federation with almost all partners at the meeting in the first part of the Eastern Partnership (Summit - ed.). There are five ways to respond to a possible escalation. We say that our country doesn’t have five responses, we will only have one. And we demonstrated it in 2014, when we took up arms to defend our territory," the head of state said.

At the same time, Zelensky underlined Ukraine’s continued stance of insisting on a peaceful settlement in the country’s east.

Zelensky assured that the Ukrainian side had once again confirmed its readiness to meet in the Normandy format.

At the same time, the president supports holding talks in several formats simultaneously.

As reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is on a working visit to Brussels on December 15-16, where he took part in the sixth Eastern Partnership Summit.

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