“This is one of the world's greatest overlooked human rights problems today. Tens of millions of people are still locked up, out of public view. The challenge is enormous.”
"If we do not get the EU's response right and do not give Ukraine enough support to stop Russia, we are next. We must therefore be defense-ready and shift to a 'war economy' mode," Michel said.
In order to counter Russia, "a monolith," Guido Crosetto said Europe needed "a clear, non-contradictory strategy, and perhaps built together as a coalition'.
The military administration of Sumy region said more than 180 residents of areas near the Velikopysarska community, next to the border, had been evacuated over the past three days.
Macron said France would never initiate an offensive against Russia and that Paris was not at war with Moscow.
"From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA when asked whether Russia was really ready for a nuclear war.
Putin asserts Russia's readiness for nuclear war amid tensions, emphasizing sovereignty concerns.
Kyiv officials said Moscow planned to step up its informational war this spring, spreading disinformation in an attempt to divide Ukrainian society in the third year of its invasion.
The US Army, in particular, has been making huge purchases of munitions and vehicles to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's military intelligence, told Ukraine's 24 Channel the groups were conducting the operation on Russian territory independently of Ukraine.