Brussels 24.01.2025 The EU aid to Ukraine shifted to the third place on the list of the bloc’s priorities.  During the press-conference in Ankara,  Türkiye, the top diplomat Kaja Kallas said:

‘Third, Ukraine. Russia’s invasion will soon enter its fourth year. Our priority
is to strengthen Ukraine’s position, because there are no signs that Putin wants peace. We provided over €134 billion to Ukraine, making us Kiev’s largest backer. We will have also trained 75,000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end
 of February. We have imposed the most the wide-sweeping sanctions in the European Union history.

“And on Monday, the European Union will discuss ways to further ways to step up our support for Ukraine. Of course, we all want peace, but we want the peace also to be sustainable. I do not know anybody else who wants more peace than the Ukrainians, that are constantly bombed.

“So, to conclude, our cooperation between European Union and Türkiye has so much potential. I am looking forward to really enhance our cooperation and relationship even further. So, thank you again for hosting me and I look forward to cooperating together.

The remarks of the EU diplomat were made in a new context, while the U.S. President Donald Trump has warned he will impose high tariffs and further sanctions on Russia if Russia’s President Vladimir Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine.

During his campaign Trump said he would negotiate a settlement to Russia-Ukraine war in a single day. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, he stated that by pushing to settle the war he was doing Russia and its President a “very big favour”.

Responding to the declaration of harsher sanctions, the Kremlin said it remains ready for an “equal and mutually respectful dialogue”

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