From UNIAN:
“Merkel: EU Not To Lift anti-Russian Sanctions Until Crimea
Returned to Ukraine”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union will
not lift sanctions against the Russian Federation until Crimea is returned to
Ukraine. "The sanctions related to Crimea can only be lifted if Crimea
returns to Ukraine," Merkel said at a joint press conference with
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin on June 18, which was
broadcast life by a Ukrainian TV channel. Merkel said Zelensky and she had
discussed the issue of restoring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Ukraine. The German Chancellor mentioned progress with regard to Donbas.
"Progress [on Donbas] has been made recently," she said. Yet, she
said, it was not about strengthening the sanctions over Donbas, but about their
prolongation. "We think the EU Council should achieve unity and take this
decision unanimously," Merkel said. She also welcomed Zelensky's
initiatives to improve the humanitarian situation in Donetsk and Luhansk
regions, as well as the implementation of the Minsk agreements. She also
assured that the Federal Republic of Germany supports Ukraine in restoring its
territorial integrity.
^ This is good news to hear. The EU (and in fact the whole
world – minus Russia of course) needs to do more to help Ukraine as it both
tries to keep its own territory from invading countries as well as modernize itself. ^
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