EU consultations with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba on Monday

Created: 05/15/2022Updated: 05/15/2022 10:46 p.m

By: Tobias Utz

EU consultations on the Ukraine war are taking place in Brussels.

Foreign Minister Kuleba is also expected to be there.

Brussels – The foreign ministers of the European Union will discuss the Ukraine war with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels on Monday (16 May).

Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is also traveling to the consultations.

Among other things, the EU is expected to approve another 500 million euros in military aid to Ukraine.

That was what Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy representative, suggested on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Schleswig-Holstein.

Ukraine News: Kuleba met Blinken in Berlin

Kuleba met US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Berlin at the weekend to discuss new aid for Ukraine.

Kuleba announced on Twitter on Sunday (May 15) that cooperation on food exports would be intensified.

"We have agreed to work closely together to ensure that Ukrainian food exports reach consumers in Africa and Asia," Kuleba said.

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, on the sidelines of the G7 deliberations in Schleswig-Holstein.

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Before meeting Blinken, Kuleba also caused a stir on Bild TV.

The Ukrainian foreign minister told the broadcaster that people in Germany would have to accept the consequences of the sanctions against Russia.

"Sometimes it's better to help someone else and endure a short period of deprivation than to sit at home and watch TV and do nothing, just allow the problem to eventually come knocking on your door," Kuleba said.

Ukraine-News - Foreign Minister Kuleba: 'Give us everything we need'

He also explained that Ukraine had proposed a fair deal for this: "Give us everything we need and we will contain Russia and defeat it in Ukraine so that they never come knocking on your door."

The Ukrainian foreign minister also reiterated that his country was not prepared to enter into any agreements with Russia that would leave Ukrainian territory in Russian hands.

"There is nothing wrong with a ceasefire if it is the first step towards a solution where Ukrainian territory is liberated," Kuleba said.

Kuleba was possibly alluding to the Kremlin's plans to found a new state called "Southern Russia".

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