European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Friday that the European Union stands ready to adopt "tough new sanctions if Putin does not stop the war he started".
"We are resolute, we are determined, we are united", she declared in Brussels, alongside the American secretary of state, while Ukraine has been at war since the beginning of the Russian invasion on 24 February.
Antony Blinken said that “unfortunately, the conflict in Ukraine may not be over anytime soon.
It's tragic, it's horrible”, calling for maintaining pressure on Russia until the war “is not over”.
“If we allow these principles to be violated with impunity, we are opening a Pandora's box in every corner of the world for this to happen again and again.
And peace and security, with all the shortcomings that we have known for the past 80 years, but the peace and security that we have been able to establish, will be gone,” he added during this press conference. .
These interventions took place after a meeting with his counterparts at NATO and several meetings with EU leaders.