Her defeat Ukrainian it cannot be an option, emphasizes the president of the European Council Charles Michel speaking to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir and pointing out that “a defeat for Ukraine means a more fragile Europe, a less secure and less stable world. What is at stake is international law. Borders cannot be changed by force.”

At the same time, Mr. Michel focuses on military support to Ukraine and underlines that “the next few weeks could be decisive militarily and therefore politically.”

“We know that the Russia once again he announces that hundreds of thousands of men have been mobilized. We know that Russia is probably preparing new large-scale attacks in the coming days or weeks. Now is the time to support Ukraine militarily! Not to invade Russia: to repel aggression, to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity, to defend Ukraine’s international borders,” says the President of the European Council.

He also talks about the proposal made by G20 in Bali by the Ukrainian president, which he says is an initiative for peace, based on international law and the United Nations Charter, and which should be the starting point when the Ukrainians decide to start a political process.

“There is a very simple way to get them to sit around a table immediately: it is for the Russians to go home. If the Russians go home, I am convinced that, within a minute, the Ukrainians and the international community are ready to sit down to negotiate,” he points out.