(Luxembourg Comprehensive) The Western sanctions on Russia seemed to help ending Russia and Ukraine's six weeks of war. The EU has now begun the focus from the previously emphasized diplomacy and sanctions to providing weapons for Kiev as soon as possible.
German Foreign Minister Bell Berk, from the traditional anti -war Green Party, called on the European Union to provide more arms, especially heavy weapons.Bell Berke said that time is urgent to make excuses now.
A foreign minister of EU member states met in Luxembourg on Monday and agreed to provide additional 500 million euros (about S $ 740 million) to buy more weapons to Ukraine.
Earlier EU has provided Ukraine with a financial and military assistance of 1 billion euros.
Luxembourg Foreign Minister Acerbene said: "We now decide which is more important: sanctions or weapons ... If you told me two months ago, would I say, are you crazy? Now my conclusion is a weapon."
EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Borel said: "Whether we buy natural gas, the Russian army will have a means of war in the next few days, so we must focus on defense. This is the primary task."
The EU and NATO may continue to be for several months, and Kiev will need more help to fight back the Russian army.Ukraine has repeatedly demanded a variety of weapons in Europe and the United States, including fighters, tanks, armored vehicles, grenades and ammunition.
At the same time, the Austrian Prime Minister Nehames held a closed -door meeting with Russian President Putin in Moscow on Monday.He said that the 75 -minute talks were "direct, open and difficult", but he felt "quite pessimistic" about the peace talks about Russia.
Nehame Murd is the first European leader to meet Putin since the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War.He believes that Putin has entered his own war logic and feels that he should be directly put into battle instead of spending time on peaceful peace.
Nehamen pointed out that Putin had little interest in direct talks with Ukraine President Zelezki.
Nehamem said that he also informed Putin EU sanctions on Russia. If Ukraine continues to die, sanctions will be tightened.
OPEC: sanctioned Russia or caused the most serious oil supply shock
On the other hand, OPEC (OPEC) said that existing and future sanctions on Russia may have the most serious impact of oil supply in history, and the supply gap caused by it cannot be made up.
OPEC also hinted that the output would not increase when talking with EU officials in Vienna.OPEC Secretary -General Barkin said that the global petroleum market crisis caused by the Russian and Ukraine War was not in the control of the organization.
He pointed out that due to the current and future sanctions or other spontaneous resistance, Russian oil supply losses may reach more than 7 million barrels per day. Considering the current demand prospects, it is almost impossible to make up for such a large -scale gap.possible.
