View of Tallinn. File photoHELSINKI, Apr 21Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets, at a meeting in Tallinn with German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, called for the urgent introduction of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, the press service of the Estonian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. «We must adopt the sixth package of European Union sanctions as soon as possible. And «Estonia really wants it to apply to oil and gas imports. We must not allow a situation where, by importing Russian energy resources, we, in fact, will continue to support their war machine,» the press service quoted Liimets as saying.
Estonia banned gatherings with St. George ribbons and Russian flags. She also called for achieving energy independence from Russia. «Europe must achieve energy independence from Russia. Estonia, with its long coastal zone, can follow the example of Germany, which is the world's second largest producer of wind energy. Germany is also a very important partner for us, both in terms of the Baltic Sea energy network and from the point of view of the development of hydrogen technologies and compounds,» Liimets stressed. The Foreign Minister also noted that Estonia would continue to provide political, defense and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. «Almost every third inhabitant of Estonia has contributed to support Ukraine. Estonia has provided humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about 15 million euros,» the minister added. />Ambassador to Estonia commented on Tallinn's ban on Russian ships entryRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
