The EU needs a few more days to reach an agreement on its latest sanctions against Russia, the German foreign minister has said.
Annalena Baerbock said: “As Germans, we know that this [an oil embargo] is not an easy step. Certain issues still need to be resolved, and this will not happen today.”
“But I am confident that we will find agreement in the coming days”, she added.
Russia on 24th February launched its invasion of Ukraine. And, according to the latest updates, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the military situation in Ukraine’s southeastern Donbas region is “very difficult” as analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin has his sights on annexing southern and eastern Ukraine in the months ahead. Ukrainian authorities are conducting at least 10 active rape investigations involving Russian troops, and are calling for other victims to come forward. However, Russia’s defence ministry claimed it had carried out “high-precision” missile strikes on four artillery munitions depots in the Donetsk area in the east of Ukraine.