Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has expressed his belief that the European Union and the USA can unite around supporting Ukraine. He said this to journalists at the end of the EU summit in Brussels.
“Yesterday (25 June in The Hague – ed.) I had a long conversation with President Zielenski – right after his meeting with President Trump. And we all had the impression that the possibility of solidarity action between Europe and the United States has become more real again when it comes to sanctions, policy towards Russia and support for Ukraine,” Tusk said.
The head of the Polish government summarised the results of Poland’s six-month presidency of the EU Council and, in this context, shared his impressions of the current US administration’s attitude towards Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Separately, Tusk noted the agreement of the EU leaders to extend the previously imposed sanctions against Russia. However, work on the 18th package is still ahead: it was not possible to reach political agreement on its approval during the summit.
“There is always that slight apprehension. We all know why we always have reason to fear whether there will be unanimity in favour of extending sanctions. And in fact it can always be achieved. We managed to do that today as well. Well, we still have ahead of us – a decision on the 18th package of additional sanctions,” Tusk summarised.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had previously voiced complaints against Ukraine for what he considered to be insufficient protection of national minorities, particularly the Hungarian minority, now explains this by the fact that the country is in a state of war.