“Russian authorities have committed enforced disappearances and torture of the Ukrainian civilian population. Those crimes were perpetrated as part of a widespread, systematic attack and pursuant to…
“Working together, we must do more and act faster to provide Ukraine with strong and comprehensive support and to give Ukraine a better position both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table,…
16 March 2025 marks eleven years since the so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation were illegally held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Russia…
On Friday, 14 March 2025, in Brussels, an agreement was reached at the level of the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) Member States to extend individual sanctions against persons threatening…
We welcome the joint statement by Ukraine and the United States on a proposed 30-day interim ceasefire and the decision to resume US security assistance and intelligence sharing to Ukraine. We…
With the 16th round of sanctions adopted today, we are precisely targeting the sectors that still generate the highest revenue for Russia. The sanctions affect Russia’s energy sector, its trade and…
Check against delivery Mr President, I have the honour to address the Council on behalf of three Baltic states – Estonia, Lithuania and my own country Latvia. I thank the presidency of the Council…
Check against delivery Mr President, delegates, distinguished representatives of the member states, Three years ago, Russia unleashed a full-scale aggression against its sovereign neighbour – Ukraine…
Three years into the brutal war of aggression waged by Russia against Ukraine, on 24 February 2025, ministers at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council approved the 16th round of EU sanctions on…
The future of the post-1945 security order hangs in the balance Published in “Financial Times”, 24.02.2025. The writer is Denmark’s foreign minister. He writes together with the other foreign…
