On 15 June 2026, at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, stated that new sanctions against Russia, the launch of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine, and EU unity send a clear signal to Russia, following the barbaric attacks on historic and religious heritage sites in Kyiv, that it will not achieve its aggressive goals and that Ukraine will be a free and democratic country within the European Union.One of the first issues to be discussed…
On 15 June 2026, at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, stated that new sanctions against Russia, the launch of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine, and EU unity send a clear signal to Russia, following the barbaric attacks on historic and religious heritage sites in Kyiv, that it will not achieve its aggressive goals and that Ukraine will be a free and democratic country within the European Union.One of the first issues to be discussed by the Foreign Affairs Council was the further isolation and containment of Russia. Latvia supports the regular imposition of new sanctions against Russia even outside the usual sanction packages, targeting in particular Russia’s shadow fleet and…
