{"id":16835,"date":"2026-01-29T09:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16835"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:44:58","slug":"russia-trying-to-bomb-and-freeze-ukrainians-to-submission-eus-foreign-policy-chief-warns-europe-live-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16835","title":{"rendered":"Russia \u2018trying to bomb and freeze\u2019 Ukrainians to submission, EU\u2019s foreign policy chief warns \u2013 Europe live | World news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia ‘trying to bomb and freeze’ Ukrainians into submission, EU’s foreign policy chief warns<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

Arriving for the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said they had a \u201cvery package agenda\u201d for today, as \u201cthe international rules-based order [remains] under \u2026 strain.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/svg><\/span>EU\u2019s top diplomat Kaja Kallas at the start of a Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium.<\/span> Photograph: Olivier Hoslet\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She said the ministers will discuss the evolving EU-US relationship, Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine<\/a>, and the Middle East,<\/strong> among others.<\/p>\n

On Ukraine specifically, she said that the Russian delegation in the UAE talks continued to represent only military personnel, with \u201cno mandate to agree on anything,\u201d questioning whether Russia<\/a> is genuinely committed to the peace process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are bombing Ukrainians, trying to bomb and freeze them to surrender,<\/strong> and that\u2019s why we are also discussing the energy support that we can give them, because it\u2019s very hard winter and Ukrainians are really suffering. There is a humanitarian catastrophe coming there,<\/strong>\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy worry is that we have seen a lot of concessions also on the Ukrainian side, but that is blurring the picture, because Ukraine is not the one who is doing the aggression. It\u2019s Russia who is doing this. So we should put more pressure on Russia so that we would see concessions on the Russian side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She also played down the idea of \u201ca European army,\u201d<\/strong> saying that it remained to be a domain for national authorities and hierarchies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn military you have to have a very straight and understandable chain of command,<\/strong> so that whenever something happens, it\u2019s clear who gives orders to whom. If we create parallel structures, then it\u2019s just going to blur the picture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On the Middle East<\/strong>, the main topic is the situation in Iran, with a discussion on listing the Iran Revolutionary Guard on the EU\u2019s terrorism list, \u201cputting them on the same footing with Al Qaeda, Hamas, Daesh.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you act as a terrorist, you should also be treated as terrorists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n