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Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will hold an extraordinary meeting in New York this Thursday to address the latest developments surrounding the war in Ukraine, a diplomatic source told Efe news agency.
Diplomatic heads of the 27 member states in the North American city within the UN General Assembly have already held an informal meeting last Monday and will meet again this Thursday at 20:15 local time (Thursday morning 01:15 am in Lisbon).
The meeting will take place after the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin declared This Wednesday Partial mobilization 300,000 bookers And remembers the importance A nuclear arsenal His country as an argument against the Ukrainian counterattack.
In a message on Twitter, the head of European diplomacy, Joseph Borrell, warned World Peace “At Risk” A “radical escalation” marked by recent Kremlin decisions.
“Putin’s announcement of fake referendums (in Russian-speaking separatist territories or occupied by Russian military forces), partial military mobilization and nuclear threats are serious escalations,” Borel said.
Many European countries interpreted these latest announcements as a sign of Russia’s weakness, following a counteroffensive launched by the Ukrainian military that allowed the recapture of some occupied territories.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the call for referendums in the occupied territories and the mobilization of occupiers. “Act of Desperation”When France was president, Emmanuel Macron“Deeply” regretted these actions and called on all countries of the world to put “maximum pressure” on Putin.
Macron: Russian invasion ‘a return to era of imperialism and colonies’
The military offensive launched by Russia on February 24 in Ukraine has already caused A leak of over 13 million People – more than six million internally displaced and more than 7.4 million to European countries – according to the latest UN data, this refugee crisis is estimated to be the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion — justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and militarize Ukraine for Russia’s security — was condemned by the generality of the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia. Political and economic barriers.
UN 5,916 civilians were killed And 8,616 people were injuredThis underlines that these numbers are far below the actual numbers.