German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz BERLIN, Feb 8 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz before talks with leaders France and Poland announced a common assessment by the three countries of the situation around Ukraine, the violation of its sovereignty will entail grave consequences for Russia. «Our common goal is to prevent a war in Europe. The movement of Russian troops to the border of Ukraine is of great concern. Our assessment here is the same, as is the position : a new violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine is unacceptable, will entail large-scale consequences for Russia — political, economic and, of course, geostrategic,» Scholz said before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Andrzej Duda. He noted that the purpose of the meeting The Weimar Triangle is a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine. «We need a dialogue, we need a solution,» Scholz added. The chancellor noted that all sides have been actively engaged in diplomatic efforts in recent days. Scholz recalled that Macron visited Moscow the day before, and he himself intends to visit Kiev and Moscow next week. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine and threaten with new sensitive sanctions . The administration of US President Joe Biden, amid rhetoric about plans attributed to the Russian Federation for a possible invasion of Ukraine, began sending additional military personnel to Europe. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about » aggression of the Russian Federation» are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Russia
