“I spoke today with Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishina, Defense Minister Reznikov and Foreign Minister Kuleba,” Borrell said on Twitter, TASS said.

According to him, "development of events on earth" was discussed.

On April 9, Josep Borrell called for a military solution to the Ukrainian crisis.

State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Borrell should be dismissed immediately after this statement.

On April 11, the head of EU diplomacy confirmed the EU's desire to resolve the Ukrainian crisis "on the battlefield."