US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 25 US President Joe Biden's meeting with EU leaders focused on the situation around Ukraine, discussed support for sanctions against the Russian Federation, the meeting was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere, the White House press service reported.< p>"President Biden enjoyed a warm and friendly welcome with the heads of the EU at the Council meeting today. He shook hands with virtually all the leaders in the room and had long conversations with some of them,» the White House spokesman said in a statement.
As the message says, «the discussion focused on Russia and Ukraine, including continued support for sanctions and humanitarian assistance, with a strong message of transatlantic unity and the need to stay the course that occupied the evening.” Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. willingness to impose new sanctions against Russia