Brussels keeps the pressure on Moscow

EU foreign ministers have agreed to impose new sanctions on Moscow despite the threat of a cut in gas supplies.

Despite the reluctance of some European leaders like Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, EU foreign ministers have managed to keep the pressure on Moscow.

Brussels is also working to support the delivery of blocked cereals to Ukraine by organizing their export to Romania and Bulgaria in particular.

Avoid social unrest

This policy aims to avoid seeing hostility to sanctions growing in European public opinion as fuel, gas, and electricity prices soar on the continent, said Josep Borell, head of diplomacy European.

"The most worrying thing is the lack of food in many countries of the world. And there is no food because Russia is blocking the export of grain from Ukraine.

We are doing everything we can to support the delivery of grain by other means, through the Black Sea to Romania, and Bulgaria. But that is not enough. So I hope that this week it will be possible to reach an agreement to unblock Odesa and other Ukrainian ports."

Delivery of arms to Kyiv

The European Union also announced a new budget of 500 million euros for the delivery of arms to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is cleaning up the country's security forces. He dismissed the head of the security services and the general prosecutor on suspicion of treason of some of their subordinates for the benefit of Moscow.

More than 650 investigations involving local officials, including 60 in areas occupied by Russian and pro-Russian forces, have been opened by Kyiv.