EXTERNAL ACTION / Ukraine

Further Russian aggression would have significant economic cost for Moscow, warns Borrell

Brussels, 13/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, warned Russia on Monday 13 December not to take any aggressive action against Ukraine.

“The (European foreign) ministers were very clear: any aggression against Ukraine will have political consequences and a severe economic cost for Russia”, said Borrell after the Foreign Affairs Council. He said the EU was in “deterrence mode”. We must “prepare for the worst and hope for the best”, the...