“First of all, we must work to avoid a crisis,” he said.

Borrell added that a meeting with the countries of the Eastern Partnership is planned for next week, in the framework of which the European Union "will underline its strong support for Ukraine."

Earlier, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, admitted the possibility of resumption of hostilities by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass.

On October 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian military had used the Turkish Bayraktar drone for the first time in the region.

Later, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed this fact.