“Another package of sanctions” is to happen on Thursday – at the NATO and EU summits in Brussels, which US President Joe Biden will also attend, Sullivan said. An important element will be tightening the existing punitive measures in such a way that Moscow can circumvent the sanctions further aggravated, Sullivan said.
Sullivan: Russia has not achieved any of its goals so far
Russia has not achieved any of its war goals. “First, Ukraine should be subdued, second, Russian power and prestige should be strengthened, and third, the West should be divided and weakened,” the National Security Advisor said. Russia has “so far achieved the opposite”.
However, before Biden’s trip to Europe, Sullivan also warned that the war would continue. “Hard days will come to Ukraine, hardest for Ukrainian troops on the front lines and for civilians under Russian fire,” the national security adviser said. “This war will end neither easily nor quickly.”
Because of the Ukraine war, Biden is leaving for a trip to Europe on Wednesday. He will initially attend the summits of NATO, the EU and the leading democratic economic powers (G7) in Brussels on Thursday. Biden will continue to Warsaw on Friday. A bilateral meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda is planned there for Saturday. It is Biden’s third trip to Europe since taking office in January 2021.
Source: Nachrichten
