(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 18 - Kiev warns the EU against the "trap" of backing down on sanctions against Russia.
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kuleba urged his EU counterparts not to yield to Vladimir Putin on the sanctions against Russia, because "backing down and complying with his requests will not work, it is a trap".
"Putin's real goal is the impoverishment of Europe. He wants to put public opinion against the governments in office, in the hope of replacing them with radical forces more favorable to Russia," he warned in a speech to his counterparts gathered in Brussels.
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