
Borrell rejects calls to ban EU visas for all Russians
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said that he does not support the proposal to ban Russians from entering EU countries.
22 August 2022
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said that he does not support the proposal to ban Russians from entering EU countries.
13 August 2022
It is necessary to convince the United Nations to send its mission to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, while the member states should determine who is ready to deploy forces to stabilize the situation and make Russia pull its military from the nuclear facility.
12 August 2022
Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, supports the call for the demilitarisation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and urges the IAEA to visit the plant.
11 August 2022
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba has coordinated with EU High Commissioner Josep Borrell the positions as regards new sanctions on Russia and weapons supplies to Ukraine, as well as discussed the security situation in the Balkans.
06 August 2022
The European Union condemns the military activities of Russian troops near the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
02 August 2022
Ukraine received EUR 1 billion in macro-financial assistance from the European Union in full.
01 August 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on Serbia and Kosovo to refrain from actions that could provoke violence.
30 July 2022
Every day of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine brings new atrocities, which is evidenced by mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in occupied Olenivka and terrible videos showing Russian soldiers torturing a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
22 July 2022
The European Union officially approved the allocation of another tranche worth EUR 500 million for Ukraine to increase the resilience of the Armed Forces, which brought the total amount of military aid provided to the country since February 24 to EUR 2.5 billion.
The EU imposed restrictive measures on additional 54 individuals and 10 entities in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
21 July 2022
The act of obtaining a passport of the aggressor state by a citizen of Ukraine, regardless of their motives, should be seen as a crime.
20 July 2022
Ukraine’s travel passport has earned a 35th position in the Passport Index by Henley&Partners.
18 July 2022
The Council of the EU at the level of foreign ministers reached a political agreement on the allocation of the next tranche of military assistance to Ukraine within the framework of the European Peace Facility in the amount of another EUR 500 million.
The European Council has decided to allocate EUR 1 billion to Ukraine and will continue to work toward finding a way to provide Ukraine with another EUR 8 billion from the total package of EUR 9 billion of macro-financial assistance that has already been politically agreed at the EU level, although it is too early to talk about specific terms of providing such assistance.
In his address to the EU Foreign Affairs Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba outlined three ways to restore peace and enhance security in Europe.
16 July 2022
The European Union reiterates its full support for all efforts to establish the truth, achieving justice for the 298 victims of the downing of Flight MH17 and their next of kin and holding those responsible to account, in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166.
15 July 2022
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and EU High Representative Josep Borrell have discussed further steps aimed at integrating Ukraine into the EU.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in a conversation with EU High Representative Josep Borrell called on the EU to recognize Russia as a terrorist state.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink calls for helping Ukraine to defend against the atrocities of Russians.
There can be no impunity for war crimes committed by Russian military in Ukraine, those responsible for the barbaric shelling of Vinnytsia and the killing of civilians in other cities of Ukraine will be held accountable.
14 July 2022
The European Union condemns Vladimir Putin's decision to expedite citizenship procedures for all citizens of Ukraine and will not recognize these documents.
10 July 2022
Russia's unprovoked aggression against Ukraine and mass killings of civilians in the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian invaders reminded the world of the genocide of Srebrenica (a town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina), which remains one of the darkest pages in European history.
08 July 2022
Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked aggression toward Ukraine has caused a global food crisis, which made over 323 million people worldwide face the threat of actual food shortage, while 1.2 billion have become exposed to hardships due to a combination of high prices of food and energy amid declining incomes.
05 July 2022
At the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Indonesia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss with international partners the ways to confront challenges connected with Russia’s war against Ukraine, including food and energy insecurity.
02 July 2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell have discussed further steps after Ukraine received EU candidate status and agreed on positions ahead of a G20 summit.
24 June 2022
The status of a candidate for European Union membership is a new volume in the history of Ukraine's European integration, which has only one option of completion – full EU membership.
23 June 2022
Granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for the European Union membership is a crucial moment for Ukraine and the EU, for peace and democracy on the shared European continent. The European Union will immediately launch preparations for Ukraine's integration.
21 June 2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has talked to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell ahead of the European Council summit, which is due to consider granting Ukraine candidate status.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said that Russia must stop blocking Ukrainian seaports as this could lead to world hunger.
20 June 2022
Russia's efforts to block Ukraine from exporting millions of tonnes of its grain constitute a war crime, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said June 20.