Borrell called ideas about a truce in Ukraine erroneous. Earlier, the politician said that it was necessary not to give in to calls for peace in Ukraine and to double assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, compared the chief of European diplomacy to a Soviet cartoon character about a brave hare amid his calls to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine. The EU “does not see light at the end of the Ukrainian tunnel,” he said.