President at the European Council: sanctions have to be toughened until the aggression is stopped

President Gitanas Nausėda is participating in the European Council meeting in Brussels. On Thursday afternoon, the EU leaders discussed support for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine participated in the meeting remotely.

Addressing the leaders of the European Union and Ukraine, the president stressed that the EU should take into account the fact that Ukraine is making progress in the implementation of reforms and the recommendations of the European Commission despite the war in the country, the President’s Communication Group said. According to Nausėda, negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU should start this year.