Biden's first visit to Europe since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, wants to form a united front?

　　China News Service, March 24th, a comprehensive report, on the evening of the 23rd local time, US President Biden arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. On the 24th, Biden will hold urgent talks with European allies on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting is expected to propose a united front. , and announced a new round of sanctions against Russia.

　　According to the report, this is Biden's first trip since the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and he plans to meet with NATO, EU and G7 leaders to discuss deterrence measures, humanitarian relief operations and sanctions against Russia.

Data map: US President Biden.

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U.S. to announce new sanctions on Russia during European trip

　　A few days ago, Sullivan, assistant to the US president for national security affairs, said that during his visit to Brussels, Biden and European leaders will announce new sanctions against Russia and new measures to strengthen existing sanctions.

　　Sullivan said Biden will also discuss long-term adjustments to NATO's force posture, as well as contingency measures in the event of the use of nuclear weapons.

In addition, Biden will also announce "joint action" to strengthen Europe's energy security.

　　U.S. sanctions will also target Russian lawmakers, Reuters quoted sources as saying.

　　However, some analysts say that the constant wielding of sanctions will also hurt Europe.

　　Analysts pointed out that there is a lot of money out of Europe and back to the United States. "If we have a new round of sanctions, the hit to the West will fall disproportionately on Europe."

　　A few days ago, several of the world's top trading companies warned that if the supply of Russian energy fell further, Europe will experience gas and diesel shortages and the economy will fall into recession.

Data map: The pipeline of the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline project landing facility.

　　In response to a series of sanctions from the West, Russia has also continued to respond.

According to the Kremlin website, Putin said on the 23rd that some Western countries have made illegal decisions to freeze Russian assets in the past few weeks.

The Russian side will implement comprehensive measures in the shortest possible time. The first is to switch to ruble settlement when supplying natural gas to "unfriendly countries".

Negotiations are difficult

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　　The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict has lasted for more than 20 days, and negotiations are still ongoing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on the 23rd that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were "difficult".

Lavrov said that because of the Ukrainian side's constant change of position, the Russia-Ukraine negotiations are making difficult progress.

　　He also said that by continuing to supply Ukraine with weapons, Western countries are trying to keep Russia at war for as long as possible.

　　On the 23rd local time, the British Prime Minister's Office said that the country's Prime Minister Johnson will announce a new package of support at the NATO and G7 leaders meeting on the 24th.

The UK will provide Ukraine with 6,000 missiles and will allocate nearly £30m for Kyiv's military needs.

File:British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

　　"The UK will work with our allies to strengthen military and economic support for Ukraine and strengthen their defences," Johnson said.

　　The conflict has driven nearly a quarter of Ukraine's population from their homes, according to UN agencies.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Veresyuk said at a press conference on the 23rd that Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement on the opening of nine humanitarian channels on the same day, and finally successfully opened seven.

On the same day, Tymoshenko, deputy director of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, said that the Uzbek side successfully evacuated more than 4,500 residents through humanitarian channels that day.